Jammu: Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj (YAIKS), an organization advocating the interests of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, on Monday asked the government to clarify its stand on the long-awaited return and rehabilitation policy of the community to their roots in Kashmir. valley.
Without naming the BJP, the organization expressed surprise that some political parties have failed to field their candidates in the Kashmir Valley, leaving the community extremely upset and feeling humiliated.
YAIKS President RK Bhatt told reporters, "The Government of India and all political parties should clarify their stand on the long-awaited return and rehabilitation policy for displaced Pandits living in their native places in the Kashmir Valley, which will be implemented within three years." Have been living in exile for more than a century." Soon after the inauguration of the organization's new office here this evening.Bhatt appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue of resettling Pandits back to the Kashmir Valley in his next 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast.
"If they come to power again how will they address the long standing demand for rehabilitation in Kashmir?" He asked.
The YAIKS chief said the Pandit community is extremely upset, shocked and feels insulted that some political parties, which had consistently promised support to the community, are not contesting elections from any constituency in Kashmir.
"Can they clarify who will speak for the Pandits in Parliament for the next five years? How can the Constitution protect the displaced Kashmiri people who have been separated from their motherland for 34 years and are allowed to vote only in the Kashmir Valley? Is?" He asked.
Bhat said that he should have asked a worker from the KP community to contest the elections in the Kashmir Valley on behalf of his political party.“Had he been informed on time that he was not contesting from Kashmir Valley, YAIKS would have definitely fielded its candidate,” he said.
Bhatt further said that he would remain committed to working more strongly for the welfare of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community.
He said, “We will not rest until the organizational objective of reuniting the displaced communities with their lost roots in the motherland Kashmir is accomplished. The Kashmis are ours and we belong to Kashmir."
Without naming the BJP, the organization expressed surprise that some political parties have failed to field their candidates in the Kashmir Valley, leaving the community extremely upset and feeling humiliated.
YAIKS President RK Bhatt told reporters, "The Government of India and all political parties should clarify their stand on the long-awaited return and rehabilitation policy for displaced Pandits living in their native places in the Kashmir Valley, which will be implemented within three years." Have been living in exile for more than a century." Soon after the inauguration of the organization's new office here this evening.Bhatt appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue of resettling Pandits back to the Kashmir Valley in his next 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast.
"If they come to power again how will they address the long standing demand for rehabilitation in Kashmir?" He asked.
The YAIKS chief said the Pandit community is extremely upset, shocked and feels insulted that some political parties, which had consistently promised support to the community, are not contesting elections from any constituency in Kashmir.
"Can they clarify who will speak for the Pandits in Parliament for the next five years? How can the Constitution protect the displaced Kashmiri people who have been separated from their motherland for 34 years and are allowed to vote only in the Kashmir Valley? Is?" He asked.
Bhat said that he should have asked a worker from the KP community to contest the elections in the Kashmir Valley on behalf of his political party.“Had he been informed on time that he was not contesting from Kashmir Valley, YAIKS would have definitely fielded its candidate,” he said.
Bhatt further said that he would remain committed to working more strongly for the welfare of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community.
He said, “We will not rest until the organizational objective of reuniting the displaced communities with their lost roots in the motherland Kashmir is accomplished. The Kashmis are ours and we belong to Kashmir."
