Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) a prominent organization of Kashmiri Pandits submitted its opinion and view points on behalf of the community to the Parliamentarian Delegation for their perusal and necessary action.
In its memorandum KPC stated that Kashmiri Pandit community having it's five thousand years' history in Kashmir, highly nationalistic and law abiding citizens of the country, who have been hounded out of their homes having no fault of theirs still fails to understand why they are being marginalized, ignored and not being treated at par with other citizens of India. "Kashmiri Pandit Community, have contributed for the development of the country and the state for decades together yet they are negated from their basic rights and services, it added.
KPC leadership in its memorandum maintained that their voting right was made so complicated by adopting defective voting system which virtually deprived them from their right of franchise. "Their names were tampered or deleted from the voting lists in the valley as they were not a part of Kashmir, it said, adding, "Their religious property including temples and shrines are in shambles."
"Around two hundred temples were damaged, destroyed or burnt from the last twenty two years. Most of the land and property including religious one got encroached and are in a deteriorating condition, it said.
"Besides efforts to restore the confidence and faith of Kashmiri Pandit community on Indian system of governance, leaving vote bank politics and policy of appeasement aside their issuesx needs to be resolved, it said.
It said, "Let the central government appoint a fact finding committee exclusively for internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits to meet their leaders and sufferers in the camp and non-camp localities in order to know their pain and demands." |
