Congress calls for white paper from Modi authorities on ‘plight of Kashmiri Pandits’ 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir’s Shopian district, saying that whereas he’s “enjoying power”, the members of the minority group stay refugees in their very own nation.

The Opposition occasion additionally demanded that the Modi authorities launch a white paper on the plight of the minority group throughout its eight-year rule.

“This year, there have been 30 targeted killings in Kashmir. The exodus of Pandits is increasing rapidly. The BJP has ruined the good work done by the UPA,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

इस साल, कश्मीर में 30 टार्गेटिड किलिंग्स हो चुकी हैं। पंडितों का पलायन तेज़ी से बढ़ रहा है।

भाजपा ने यूपीए द्वारा किए गए अच्छे कामों को बर्बाद कर दिया है।

सत्ता में आने से पहले बड़ी-बड़ी बातें करने वाले PM सत्ता भोग रहे हैं और कश्मीरी पंडित अपने ही देश में शरणार्थी बने हुए हैं।

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 27, 2022

“The PM, who spoke big things before coming to power, is enjoying power and Kashmiri Pandits remain refugees in their own country,” he mentioned.

As terrorists carried out quite a lot of focused killings just lately, 10 Kashmiri Pandit households left their village, Choudharygund, in Shopian out of worry and reached Jammu, in accordance with residents.

Members of the minority group, who’ve since been tenting in Jammu, dominated out any plan to return to the Valley.

However, authorities in Shopian have tried to placed on a courageous face by claiming no exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has taken place from the district.

Addressing a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here, Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera mentioned that when the primary migration of Kashmiri Pandits passed off in 1989, V P Singh’s authorities was in workplace with the BJP’s assist.

“In 1986, when the first riot against Kashmiri Pandits took place, Rajiv Gandhi’s government was in office at the Centre. Kashmiri Pandits walked from the national stadium to Rajiv Gandhi’s office, he heard them and Ghulam Mohammad Shah’s government was brought down,” Khera mentioned.

The BJP solely talks of zero tolerance however what it truly means was proven by Rajiv Gandhi, he claimed.

Slamming the Centre, Khera mentioned 70 ministers of the federal government are finishing up an outreach programme in Kashmir and requested if any of them visited a camp of Kashmiri Pandits.

“What is this outreach when you cannot reach out to the Kashmiri Pandits living in the camps there,” he requested.

Citing an order, the Congress chief additionally alleged that Kashmiri Pandit workers are being “threatened” to return to work towards their needs.

There have been 30 focused killings of Kashmiri Pandits from January to October this 12 months, he claimed.

“We demand a white paper from the Modi government on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. In the last eight years, all that has been done and not been done by this government should come out in that white paper,” Khera mentioned.

“You (the government) will have to answer for the 80 killings. How is this normal, answer this,” he added.

Asked about Union minister Kiren Rijiju’s article titled ‘seventy fifth Anniversary of Five Nehruvian Blunders on Kashmir’, Khera mentioned these leaders of the BJP who’re college students of “WhatsApp nursery” have to revisit their historical past lessons.

“If all that they are saying is true, how is it that during the Manmohan Singh era, targeted killings stopped and 75 per cent of the people would participate in the democratic process of elections in the state? We would be happy to get the answer to that,” he mentioned.

The BJP leaders don’t know of the up to date historical past of the nation, he mentioned.

It could be very simple accountable Jawaharlal Nehru for this, Indira Gandhi for one thing else, P V Narasimha Rao for one thing else and Manmohan Singh for the remainder, Khera mentioned.

“Give us answers. You have been in power for eight years. What has been your achievement in those years in Jammu and Kashmir? You cannot hold elections. You cannot protect Kashmiri Pandits. Is that your achievement? You must apologise for what happened in 1989, you must apologise for what is happening now,” he mentioned, attacking the BJP-led Centre.

Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat was gunned down by terrorists outdoors his ancestral home in Shopian’s Choudharygund village on October 15.

On October 18, Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar had been killed in a grenade assault by terrorists whereas they had been asleep of their rented lodging in Shopian.

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir’s Shopian district, saying that whereas he’s “enjoying power”, the members of the minority group stay refugees in their very own nation.

The Opposition occasion additionally demanded that the Modi authorities launch a white paper on the plight of the minority group throughout its eight-year rule.

“This year, there have been 30 targeted killings in Kashmir. The exodus of Pandits is increasing rapidly. The BJP has ruined the good work done by the UPA,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

इस साल, कश्मीर में 30 टार्गेटिड किलिंग्स हो चुकी हैं। पंडितों का पलायन तेज़ी से बढ़ रहा है।
भाजपा ने यूपीए द्वारा किए गए अच्छे कामों को बर्बाद कर दिया है।
सत्ता में आने से पहले बड़ी-बड़ी बातें करने वाले PM सत्ता भोग रहे हैं और कश्मीरी पंडित अपने ही देश में शरणार्थी बने हुए हैं।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 27, 2022
“The PM, who spoke big things before coming to power, is enjoying power and Kashmiri Pandits remain refugees in their own country,” he mentioned.

As terrorists carried out quite a lot of focused killings just lately, 10 Kashmiri Pandit households left their village, Choudharygund, in Shopian out of worry and reached Jammu, in accordance with residents.

Members of the minority group, who’ve since been tenting in Jammu, dominated out any plan to return to the Valley.

However, authorities in Shopian have tried to placed on a courageous face by claiming no exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has taken place from the district.

Addressing a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here, Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera mentioned that when the primary migration of Kashmiri Pandits passed off in 1989, V P Singh’s authorities was in workplace with the BJP’s assist.

“In 1986, when the first riot against Kashmiri Pandits took place, Rajiv Gandhi’s government was in office at the Centre. Kashmiri Pandits walked from the national stadium to Rajiv Gandhi’s office, he heard them and Ghulam Mohammad Shah’s government was brought down,” Khera mentioned.

The BJP solely talks of zero tolerance however what it truly means was proven by Rajiv Gandhi, he claimed.

Slamming the Centre, Khera mentioned 70 ministers of the federal government are finishing up an outreach programme in Kashmir and requested if any of them visited a camp of Kashmiri Pandits.

“What is this outreach when you cannot reach out to the Kashmiri Pandits living in the camps there,” he requested.

Citing an order, the Congress chief additionally alleged that Kashmiri Pandit workers are being “threatened” to return to work towards their needs.

There have been 30 focused killings of Kashmiri Pandits from January to October this 12 months, he claimed.

“We demand a white paper from the Modi government on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. In the last eight years, all that has been done and not been done by this government should come out in that white paper,” Khera mentioned.

“You (the government) will have to answer for the 80 killings. How is this normal, answer this,” he added.

Asked about Union minister Kiren Rijiju’s article titled ‘seventy fifth Anniversary of Five Nehruvian Blunders on Kashmir’, Khera mentioned these leaders of the BJP who’re college students of “WhatsApp nursery” have to revisit their historical past lessons.

“If all that they are saying is true, how is it that during the Manmohan Singh era, targeted killings stopped and 75 per cent of the people would participate in the democratic process of elections in the state? We would be happy to get the answer to that,” he mentioned.

The BJP leaders don’t know of the up to date historical past of the nation, he mentioned.

It could be very simple accountable Jawaharlal Nehru for this, Indira Gandhi for one thing else, P V Narasimha Rao for one thing else and Manmohan Singh for the remainder, Khera mentioned.

“Give us answers. You have been in power for eight years. What has been your achievement in those years in Jammu and Kashmir? You cannot hold elections. You cannot protect Kashmiri Pandits. Is that your achievement? You must apologise for what happened in 1989, you must apologise for what is happening now,” he mentioned, attacking the BJP-led Centre.

Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat was gunned down by terrorists outdoors his ancestral home in Shopian’s Choudharygund village on October 15.

On October 18, Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar had been killed in a grenade assault by terrorists whereas they had been asleep of their rented lodging in Shopian.