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EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, Apr 14: A delegation of All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) called on President, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil to discuss the issues concerning the Kashmiri Pandit (KPs) community.
The AIKS president Moti Kaul accompanied by Gautam Kaul (vice president), Vijay Aima (vice president) and Dr Romesh Raina (general secretary) met the President and explained in detail the problems of the community.
Moti Kaul informed the President that temples and shrines in the Valley constitute the living symbols of KPs’ existence in Kashmir.
They symbolize community’s socio-cultural survival in the Valley.
He apprised her about the deplorable condition of these temples. The land and other assets belonging to most of the temples have been illegally grabbed by vested interests and the process was going on for quite sometime.
Kaul urged the President that a process of controlling and managing these shrines assumes significance and expedite the process for the passage of temples and shrines Bill in the legislative assembly of J&K to prevent the illegal grabbing of the land and other assets belonging to the temples.
AIKS leader also argued for evolving a blue print for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits as 20 years of exile was a big period in the history, if not addressed now a chance of their extinction from the history of Kashmir was looming large. The political rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits therefore is a question that needs to be answered now to prevent their marginalization from the main stream political life of the state, he explained her.
Kaul brought to her knowledge about the meager hike in the relief for Kashmiri migrants and strongly argued for its re-consideration in the light of present inflation touching sky high, and requested that the relief be paid Rs 10,000 per family per month and urged her for the age relaxation for unemployed youth belonging to displaced community as the employment package for Kashmiri migrants was underway.
He pleaded for the regularization of contractual Kashmiri migrant teachers working in Delhi administration run schools after giving full background of the issue.
Gautam Kaul talked broadly about the Kashmir scenario, its politics and attitude towards the displaced Kashmiri Pandits. He brought home the point that political rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits was an issue to be dealt in the broad national interests and that restore respectability to their 5000 year old civilizational history.
The President of India gave a patient hearing and also in between wanted to know more about certain issues under discussion with her. A detailed memorandum enlisting major issues of concern was handed over to the President.
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