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| Holocaust Day on Jan 19 | | Autonomy led to promotion of secessionist tendencies: Chrungoo | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16- The Exodus forced upon the minority Kashmiri Pandit community of the Kashmir Valley is a great blot upon the democratic polity of India as well as the J&K state especially the Valley of Kashmir. This day, 20 years ago with gun men amid huge processions, terrorized the minority and even the Muslim majority of Kashmir systematically forced the minority Hindus into exile, said H K Chatta general secretary All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference and member Apex Committee at a joint press conference here today.
He said more than a thousand members of the minority Hindu community were killed or hanged and finally the Islamic terrorism cleansed Kashmir of the ethnic Hindus and forced them all into exile.
He said against this forced exodus the Kashmiri Pandit migrants have been observing Holocaust day for the last 19 years on January 19 every year adding that as part of the this year’s program a joint protest demonstration is being organized on January 19 outside the Raj Bhawan, Jammu at 11 AM. He appealed the masses to join this programme and register their protest on this 20th Holocaust Day.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, President, Panun Kashmir who also spoke to the press said “It is well established that the special character and autonomy of Kashmir have encouraged and bolstered the separatist tendencies in the Valley. He said our exile from the Valley is a direct result of that mentality. As it is, J&K, which practically means Kashmir, enjoys more powers than any other state of India. Though Kashmiri leadership, like the recent statement of the NC leader Farooq Abdullah, keep on saying that autonomy is necessary for peace in Kashmir, it is a fact that the huge quantum of autonomy enjoyed by Kashmir did not lead to peace. It led to promotion of the secessionist tendencies and dilution of the Indian nation in the valley, he added. He said demand for more autonomy would make Kashmiri centric polity a dictator which can only result in greater deprivation of the minorities of Kashmir and would subject the people in other regions to more discrimination. ‘We reject Farooq Abdullah’s statement on autonomy and also reject the theory on Autonomy in all its forms and contours’, he maintained.
Dr R. L. Bhat, Senior Vice President, Jammu Kashmir Vichar Manch and Member Apex Committee while disproving the secular credentials of Kashmir said that tall claims of secular accommodation and tolerance of Kashmir were brushed aside by the majority community itself in denying the minority Pandits any space within the valley. When we were being forced out through killings, the killers were actively aided and shielded openly. Canards were spread to justify the actions of the killers. Today they are mute spectators while the leaders of Kashmir deny us dignified return under one pretext or the other, he said and added that our exile is a big question mark on the sincerity and intents of the Kashmiri majority community.
Other KP leaders present at the joint press conference were D. N. Kissu, Chairman, Non-camp Migrant Coordination Committee, P. L. Raina, Camp Representative and Member Apex Committee and Vinod Pandit, Chairman APMCC and Member Apex Committee. |
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