Early Times Report
Jammu, July 30: Kashmira Vahini, a displaced Kashmiri Pandit women's organization has decided to hold a series of corner meetings, contact drive besides a one day Women's conference shortly in Jammu on the issue of return and rehabilitation of KPs. Addressing a press conference, Dr. Khema Kaul, National Spokesperson and Sudesha Kaul Chief Coordinator, Kashmira Vahini said that taking serious note of the emerging situation in the entire Kashmir valley where forces inimical to the permanent return and rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri Hindus are permitted to proliferate. They appealed the community members to support the initiative taken by the displaced KP women in this direction. Kashmira Vahini strongly condemned the statements issued recently by all the separatist leaders like Syeed Ali Shah Geelani, Shabeer Shah, Umar Faroooq, Yasin Malik, besides Grand Mufti Bashiruddin who even issued a religious Fatwa against the return and rehabilitation of KPs in the Kashmir Valley who are opposing their return, on one pretext or the other. It's an irony that these very forces hounded Kashmiri Pandits, the aborigines of the valley, on the basis of faith by perpetrating religious cleansing by way of intimidations, killings, fear psychosis, threatening, arson and loot, they said. Kashmira Vahini also strongly condemns the recent spate of organised violent attacks on Shri Amarnath Yatris by the hooligans who obstructed the yatra, pelted stones, burnt and destroyed over 100 langars at Baltal. Among others who were present in the press conference included Smt. Kirti Kalla, Sushma Reshi, Gayatri Hashia, Vijaya Saproo, Vijaya Khoda, Nirmala Tickoo, Rajkumari Razdan and Meenakshi Sidha. |
