Jammu, July 4 -- A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in Srinagar to raise concerns about the exclusion of displaced farmers from key central government schemes.

The delegation included BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Dr. Ashok Koul, BJP General Secretary and MLA Ramgarh Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal, MLAs Satish Sharma (Billawar) and Surinder Bhagat (Marh), and Advocate Salman, District President of BJP Srinagar.

They submitted a memorandum highlighting the plight of displaced persons from the 1965 and 1971 wars and refugees from West Pakistan, who were settled in border areas like Jammu, Samba, Kathua, and Akhnoor. Despite b...