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| Omar has no mandate to get back Pandits: Sheikh Nazir | | Geelani and Mirwaiz are right in opposing KPs' return' | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 22: In a significant political development, National Conference's General Secretary on 'medical leave' and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's uncle Sheikh Nazir has vehemently opposed the displaced Kashmiri Pandits' return and rehabilitation in the Valley's safe zones. According to him, Omar Abdullah has no mandate on the issue while as the radical separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Chairman of the Hurriyat Conference's so-called moderate faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were right in opposing the Pandits' return.
Replaced temporarily as NC's General Secretary by Minister of Rural Development Ali Mohammad Sagar last month, Sheikh Nazir has denigrated the minority community in a fashion unprecedented even in the rank secessionists' statements in an exclusive interview published in a Srinagar-based English daily newspaper today. According to him, Pandits have "one point agenda to mint money from wherever they can".
"Were Muslims not killed in Kashmir? Were only Pandits killed? If a few Pandits were killed, why this hue and cry? Does anyone have the count how many Kashmiris were killed? If they blame Farooq Abdullah and Muslims of Kashmir, they should come forward and say so", Sheikh Nazir has said in reply to a question on return and rehabilitation of the displaced population.
"Geelani Sahab and Mirwaiz Umar have rightly rejected the concept of satellite towns for the return of Pandits. They can come to their respective places but we cannot give them separate settlements. Pandits sold their properties in Kashmir. They are also taking aid from the Government of India. Kashmiri Muslims did not oust them. Pandits have only one point agenda that is to mint money from wherever they can", Sheikh Nazir is reported to have asserted.
"NC passed a 'Migrant Property Distress Sale Act' resolution in the Legislative Assembly yet they sold everything only to mint money", Sheikh Nazir has added.
He has further said: "Government of India, with the help of Mufti Sayeed, appointed Jagmohan as Governor of Kashmir. It was Jagmohan who provided SRTC vehicles to take Pandits out of Kashmir. That very time Farooq Abdullah as Chief Minister of state resigned. If they want to return, they should go back to their respective places not satellite towns".
When the interviewer pointed out that Omar Abdullah had discussed the proposal of the satellite townships with Prime Minister Modi, Sheikh Nazir categorically disputed the Chief Minister's authority. "These may be Omar's personal views not of the party. Before deciding on this issue he should take NC's working committee into consideration. Omar Sahab has neither mandate nor authority to take decisions on return of Kashmiri Pandits. Before taking any decision, he should take everyone in consideration and listen to everybody's views", Shiekh Nazir has said. |
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