NEW DELHI, July 23: President Droupadi Murmu has recommended that a private member’s bill calling for rehabilitation and resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits for consideration in the Rajya Sabha.
The Kashmiri Pandits (Recourse, Restitution, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Bill, 2022, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Congress member Vivek Tankha on February 2, 2024, but had to get the President’s recommendation as it involves financial implications.
“For the first time in the Parliament, a private member bill titled “Kashmiri Pandits (Recourse, Restitution, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Bill, 2022″ has been recommended by the President for consideration in the house, subject to time constraint,” Tankha said in a post on X.
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