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Is it not insult of our democratic rights, asks Raina
'Exiled for 3 decade KPs to exercise their franchise'
4/2/2019 11:31:18 PM
Early Times Report

Jammu, Apr 2: "Is it not insult to our democratic rights and mockery of democracy to make Kashmiri Pandits to exercise their franchise for the contesting candidates of their constituencies when in exile and mainly for those so called main stream political candidates who facilitates our exodus and hounded us out of our homes and hearths" said Advocate Ravinder Raina President ASKPC in a meeting of all its unit heads of ASKPC of the country at ASKPC Bhawan, Durga Nagar, Jammu.
He said it is strange that community has entered into 30years of exile and are scattered in different parts of country and aboard and at the same time Govt. is making us party to the electoral process of the state which in no way has any impact on our community in respect to development viz a viz Road, water employment, electricity etc. Community want to know in what way an elected parliamentarian could be helpful to a voter in exile.
Dr. T.K.Bhat General Secretary ASKPC said that all State Kashmiri Pandit Conference wants an answer from National Political parties, so called main stream political parties of J&K and Civil society of Kashmir the way Kashmiri Pandits living in exile has been asked to exercise their voting rights for the persons /candidates who have never been their well-wishers and not allowed us to return back to our homes and hearths with honour and dignity.
He said that every nationalist citizen of the country knows that Kashmiri Pandits sacrifices themselves for the national cause to keep national flag fluring high in the valley but alas same community which is living as refugees in their own country are being asked to use their voting rights just to fill the constitutional obligations.
Other who showed express into matter were R K Wangnoo Sr.Vice President, Veena Gurtoo Women Wig President, Ravi Raina Youth President, P L Pandita (Shangroo) and Ashok Dhar S K Raina, B.L.Handoo and Ravinder Raina.
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