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| Displaced Pandits observe 26th holocaust day | | Successive Governments have completely ignored community | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits observed 26th Holocaust Day today. The day was observed by the exiled Pandits all over the globe in memory of the martyrs who laid down their lives in Kashmir after the spurt of terrorism in 1989 forcing the entire minority community of KPs to leave the Valley.
The exiled Pandits held protest demonstrations, public meetings and seminars to keep their memories a fresh. The pangs of migration, the problems faced in exile, scattering of the families and pain of being separated from nears and dears will be highlighted during the programmes organized by community at Jammu, Union Capital Delhi, UT of Chandigarh, Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai.
At Jammu a grand protest was held in front of Raj Bhawan here by displaced Pandits which was organized by ASKPC. The KP organizations Panun Kashmir, AKP Displaced United Front, BJP Migrant Cell and NC Minority Cell and other activists participated in it.
Another demonstration was held by AMCCC at Jagti Camp where a large number of displaced Pandits were presnt.
The Pandits who suffered a lot over these years of turmoil after their mass exodus from Valley are running from pillar to post to reclaim their right over the land of Kashmir and their rehabilitation in their homeland. But successive governments in the State and Centre failed to pay attention to the same and concede the demands which have piled up over the years. The displaced Pandits who are demanding their rehabilitation in home land with free flow of Indian Constitution so that they will not be uprooted once again after their return accused the successive governments of playing delaying tactics in settling the demand. The Pandits have many grievances with the successive Governments said Ajay Kumar a migrant putting up at Jagti Camp. He said the Government failed to restore the encroached properties of Pandits by the anti social elements in the Valley. Besides the Government failed to pay compensation to houses and other business establishments of Pandits which were set ablaze by militants over the years or which got damaged due to heavy rains, snowfall etc. The condition of many temples and shrines is bad in absence of a proper management body to look after them. The community is demanding constitution of a Shrine Board and the same has not been conceded till date, he added. Supporting his views Ramesh Mantoo a migrant at Udhampur said that the Government played a truant with the community on the name of PM's employment package which was announced in 2008. Out of 6000 jobs announced by then PM Dr Manmohan Singh only 2000 posts were filled up in last six years. The 2000 employees who were appointed under the package also have not been provided the basic facilities of life in Valley as promised by the Government.
The main issue which worries the displaced Pandits most is that the future of the community has turned bleak after its forced exodus. The community youth have no guarantee of their future and the community has lost its moorings. The owners of huge property and land have overnight come on roads and the situation ahs become so grave that it has no place to call its own at present, said Mantoo.
He said much worrying is that the political parties making hue and cry against the intolerance and claiming to be champanions of secularism have also ignored this community altogether as the Pandits don't constitute the vote bank. |
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