Ensure safety, better facilities for JK students: Dy CM

Expressing his great concern about the discriminatory treatment meted out to J&K students outside the state, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singth urged the states to ensure safety and better facilities for them.
Dr Singh raised this issue in 27th meeting of Northern Zonal Council, chaired by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
The States of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, NCT of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh, participated in NZC.
Dr Singh mentioned that youth of Jammu and Kashmir face some difficulties when they go outside the state especially under Himayat, which is a training-cum-placement programme. He stressed solving this matter at the earliest so that youth will feel comfortable outside their home.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra singh, Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal, Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nirmal Kumar Singh, Lieutenant Governor Delhi Najib Jung and other Ministers and Chief Secretaries of the member states and the Advisor to the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is the current Vice-Chairman of the Council.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Zonal Councils meet is essential for the strengthening of the Centre-State relations. Several social, economic and development issues were discussed during the meeting which have currently assumed importance in the context of inter-state and centre-state relations.