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| 'Kashmiri Pandits in exile' take part in peace dialogue on Kashmir | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: Roots in Kashmir today took part in a round table conference on the topic "Building Bridges: An Indian Vision for Shared Tomorrow" at the India International Center organized by Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation which was inaugurated by BJP National President Nitin Gadkari.
Radhika Kaul, RIK activist from Yale University, United States speaking on the occasion said, "The need of the hour is to strengthen the democratic and secular forces in the state of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. It would be fatal and naïve to believe that all other sections of society could simply be ignored in order to placate the small separatist stream of thought who are instigating young and impressionable people to indulge in wanton acts of rioting, arson and likewise."
Aditya Raj Kaul, a journalist of Kashmiri origin invited in the round table said, "While it is nobody's point to use this disproportionate force against the stone pelters or the rioters, yet the state should take a leaf out of Israel's handling of Palestinian mobs"
"It seems Prime Minister has also fallen to the inunctions of the so called intellectuals of the country and has therefore once again offered wrong recipes, for a sure disaster." he added.
Roots in Kashmir on the question of Autonomy believe any devolution of powers in the form of Autonomy or self-rule would be playing into the hands of communalists and separatists. The minorities would feel completely unsafe and insecure if such a step is taken and the Government of India should prepare itself for far bigger exoduses than the one of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990. The government should take on board the Buddhists, Shias, Gujjars, Dogras, Pandits, Sikhs and not just the separatists.
The statement also said, unless article 370 is removed and free flow of Indian Constitution is allowed in the state, the feeling of alienation among the Kashmiri Muslim youth is only going to grow. If Indian enterprises are allowed to set shop in Kashmir there would be no need of a C. Rangarajan Committee at all because there would be abundance of jobs and opportunities in the beleaguered state. |
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