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Govt: KPs will be settled only in their native places 4/9/2015 12:26:16 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 8: Grappling with a strongly negative reaction from the Kashmiri separatists, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's government denied on Wednesday evening that the displaced population was being rehabilitated in special settlements at particular places in the Valley. In a press release, the government spokesman discounted what he called "misconstrued, misconceived and mischievous the impression being created by certain quarters regarding establishment of exclusive habitations for Kashmiri Pandits. He said the society and the Government was committed to "facilitate reintegration of migrant Pandits in their homeland with honour and dignity without compartmentalizing them as an isolated community". "As has been already made clear by the Chief Minister, the migrant Pandits are most welcome to return and resettle at the places of their choice, and various initiatives have already been taken by the State Government to bring them back with honour and dignity. The Government is keenly awaiting the return of migrants and they will be resettled at their original places of inhabitation with honor and dignity," the spokesman said and added that the migrants from all the communities who had no land and properties left in Kashmir, could be accommodated in the composite township, if they desired so. The spokesman said the creation of exclusive enclaves for migrants, as was done at Sheikhpora Budgam, had not worked as most of the Pandits who wanted to return to the Valley preferred to resettle at their ancestral places."Braving the hazards of turmoil in Kashmir, several Kashmiri Pandit families continue to live harmoniously with their Muslim brethren in various parts of the Valley", he added. "The Kashmiri Pandits have every right to return to their ancestral land and get reintegrated in the society to revive the age-old tradition of brotherhood and amity," he said and added that any facility for the purpose would not be "either religion or community-specific".   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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