The Madhya Pradesh government will extend help to displaced Kashmiri Pandits if they wish to go back to their native place, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Monday.
While talking to media perosns here on Monday, the minister, however, did not share any data of how many Kashmiri Pandits were living in Madhya Pradesh.
To a question, Mishra, who is also the state government's spokesperson, said, "I request Kashmiri Pandit brothers and sisters living in Madhya Pradesh that they should inform the home department if they wish to return (to their homeland).
We will ensure and make arrangements for their return."
Asked about Congress Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha's comments that he will not watch Hindi film "The Kashmir Files" as he knows the pain of those displaced, Mishra said, "I will request him (Takha) to provide a list of the Kashmiri Pandits in Madhya Pradesh who wish to go back Kashmir."
Responding to Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s allegations over BJP in the 2011 assault case, the state Home Minister said that he does not trust the judiciary and institutions of the country.
“The entire world had seen you carrying a stick in your hand. I want to ask him, when the judgment is pronounced, he does not trust the judiciary. If he loses the election, he does not trust the EVM and Election Commission. He is an unbelievable man,” he said.
The Congress leader had reacted to the verdict of the court on Twitter and said that his name which was absent in the FIR initially was later added under political pressure and he “has never been afraid of BJP and will never be afraid of them”.
Last week, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had promised land to "The Kashmir Files" director Vivek Agnihotri for setting up a 'genocide museum' in the state, saying the movie shows the pain and sufferings of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community.
Agnihotri's film has reignited a debate surrounding the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley.