The Genocide of Kashmiri Pandits has remained a continuous process since 1990 and till date there
has been no sign of any comprehensive and exclusive policy by the present political dispensation to
ascertain the security, return and rehabilitation of this minority Kashmiri Pandit community to be
restored back to their roots within valley.
As a part of recent three-member fact finding committee, set by the Kashmiri Pandit community
members visited valley to ascertain the ground position of the members of the Kashmiri Pandit
community. Rahul Kaul as part of this committee shared that There is no change in the social and
political status for Kashmiri Pandits and since 1990 TILL 2023 and in spite of correction in art 370,
Govt has no firm policy to ensure return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and is in constant
denial of the Genocide of KP community.
Rahul shared that the fact-finding committee met various section of people in valley including Top
officials and during these meetings, the revelations were horrible, shocking and scaring. The
committee was aghast at the ordeals of the community brethren. The worst sufferers are the women
and children living in the valley and now the PM package employees, whose salaries have been
stopped by Govt from last 5 months and those who are protesting from over 240 days because of
them being vulnerable to targeted killings.
These families are economically very vulnerable now and
many have liquidated their investments and some women have had to sell the jewelry to feed their
family.
Speaking on the press meet, Rohit Bhat, Secretary Youth 4 Panun Kashmir said “To make the
situation worse, the recent statement of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha questioning the religious
cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits and balancing the entire killings in valley under secular garb has
incurred a sense of deep anguish, fear and trust deficit within Kashmiri Pandit community.
The
community solemnly stands in one voice against this irresponsible statement of the LG and warns
Govt of serious repercussions if similar fake narratives and expressions are created to appease the
majority population of the valley and that too to secure its political position.
Rahul Kaul sharing the list highlighted that “ If The killings as mentioned by LG are not targeted to
Hindus in valley then why 5 lacs Kashmiri Pandit community is forced into exodus from valley from
over 3 decades and why there has been not one but 19 mass Hindu massacres and jihadi attacks in
valley and more specifically 23 targeted Hindus killings since 2019 including the Rajouri hindu
massacre.
Sunil Raina , Pune coordinator Youth 4 Panun Kashmir warned that if the statement of LG is not
withdrawn to an extent of expulsion of the present LG over his highly insensitive remarks, Y4PK
would start Nation wide protest exposing the false narrative of the Govt and its continuous process
to deny the 32 years of Kashmiri Pandit Genocide.
Voicing their support in the press meet,
Sh.Parag Gokhale of Hindu Jan Jagruti samiti and Sh.Anand
Dave of Akhil Bharat Brahmin Mahasangh said that as staunch Nationalist Hindu organizations , they
stands firm with the 3 decades old demand of Panun Kashmir which calls for carving out a Centrally
administered separate Homeland for Kashmiri Hindus with firm geo political foothold as the only
solution to bulldoze the jihad and its mindset out from the valley.
PRESS NOTE