Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] said the Centre would soon set up an inter-ministerial group to formulate a full-fledged rehabilitation plan for Kashmiri migrants dislodged by militancy.

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"Your problems highlighted in the memorandum are genuine. We will soon set up an inter-ministerial team, which will come here and discuss with you your problems for the formulation of a comprehensive plan, including rehabilitation," Singh told the community at the Muthi Camp in Jammu on Thursday evening.

"Our government will try its best to find a solution to your problems. I want to start a new chapter for you," he said. The PM announced that "two-room quarters would be set up for you in Delhi [ Images ] and Jammu".

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The announcement came in response to a memorandum submitted to Singh by the Kashmiri Pandit organisation demanding a realistic plan for their rehabilitation.  

Manmohan Singh said he was "pained" to see their suffering in the camps.

In the six-page joint memorandum, the Pandits rejected the concept of rehabilitation in cluster houses and separate townships. Instead, they demanded a 'realistic' plan for their 'safe' return to the Valley.

The Kashmiri Pandit organisation said, "We want a geo-political differentiation, which in essence means granting the community the right to live in its native land with all political and other rights. The Centre should formulate a realistic plan for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley."

Real return requires a fresh innovative approach, it said. "It has to be considered whether this persecuted minority of Kashmir [ Images ] can return to scattered habitation and clusters and live safely there," the organisation said.

While the goodwill of the majority is essential for rehabilitation, a real return must secure the minority in Kashmir against both the tyranny of disruptive elements as well as future uprooting, the memorandum said. "Therefore, in all, it needs a comprehensive vision of a secure return instead of adhocism we have seen so far," the organisation said.