Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Thursday unanimously passed a resolution for creating a conducive atmosphere for the return of Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants to the Valley.
On the same day majority of displaced Kashmiri migrants were attending series of events commemorating the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandit community from Kashmir.
Panun Kashmir, an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits also reiterated its demand for a separate homeland to preserve and protect its ethnic culture, as per Margdarshan resolution of 1991.
In the State Assembly it was former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who first raised the issue, saying the Assembly should raise above party politics and pass a resolution for their return. The working president of National Conference (NC) said 27 years ago “unfortunate” circumstances in Kashmir had forced the migration of Kashmiri Pandits, members of Sikh community and some Muslims.
Speaker Kavinder Gupta moved the resolution, which was passed by voice vote. The only MlA to vote against the resolution was independent MlA Engineer Rashid.
Meanwhile, addressing the august gathering of Kashmiri Pandits at Abhinav theatre Chairman of the Panun Kashmir, Dr Ajay Chrungoo said in the wake of the continued neglect and denial of the successive Governments both at State as well as national level, Panun Kashmir has embarked on a nation-wide campaign on the theme “Ek Bharat Abhiyan - Kashmir Ki Aur”.
He said it is high time Panun Kashmir as a solution to Kashmir problem be recognized as a national imperative
Sushil Pandit, a veteran and seasoned political analyst and founder of Roots in Kashmir lambasted the insincerity of the ruling dispensations over these years towards the hounded Kashmiri Hindus and claimed that it is mere lip service and nothing tangible has been done on ground to impact any change in the State of hapless affairs surrounding this exiled community.