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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 30: The April 28 statement of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the Lok Sabha that J&K CM Muft Sayeed has agreed to earmark 50 acres of land for the creation of settlements for the internally-displaced Kashmiri Pandits has evoked response from Kashmir on expected lines. It’s not only the Pakistani agents like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and J&K High Court Bar association, Kashmir, which is also part of the ongoing secessionist movement in the Valley, and many civil society groups in the Valley, who have condemned the Home Minister’s statement and upped their ante against the PDP and Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed. They have all declared that they will not allow the settlement of Kashmiri Pandits in the specially-created settlements, exclusively meant for them or the so-called composite colonies. Besides, they have all charged Mufti Sayeed with playing pro-RSS role to remain in power or save his chair at any cost.
The NC, the CPI-M and other so-called mainstream Kashmiri parties too have taken the plunge and unleashed propaganda against the Chief Minister to tell the Kashmiri Muslims that the PDP is not their friend. NC working president Omar Abdullah opposed the statement and castigated the Chief Minister. CPI-M state secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami also didn’t lag behind. He said his party was against separate settlements for Kashmiri Pandits. Not only the NC and the CPI-M, a number of Kashmir-based Congress leaders too expressed themselves against the statement that Mufti Sayeed had agreed to allot a small piece of land in Kashmir for the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits. They opposed the statement despite the fact that Education Minister and PDP spokesperson Nayeem Akhtar the same day made it loud and clear that the PDP-BJP coalition government in the state will not allow creation of separate settlements for the internally-displaced Kashmiri Pandits.
Significantly, many Pandit organizations have also not appreciated the statement of the Union Home Minister. Earlier reports had suggested that the Home ministry had planned three-four “composite townships" of 2,500 families each for Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley, including in Srinagar and Anantnag, where half of the proposed flats would be reserved for the community, while the rest would reserved for sale for Kashmiri Muslims. The organizations like Panun Kashmir of Agnishekhar and Ajay Chrungoo have declared that they will not accept anything short of “Panun Kashmir” (Apna Kashmir) with the Kashmir Valley where the Indian Constitution flows freely and which enjoys the status of Union Territory.
One thing is clear: The return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley at this moment appears impossible considering the prevailing environment there – environment that is highly frightening. The Government of India first needs to eliminate the secessionists and Pakistani agents. If it succeeds in clearing the Valley of all hostile elements, many Kashmiri Pandits would return to their homeland on their own.
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