SP chief Abu Azmi perpetuates Kashmiri Hindu genocide denial

On January 28, Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi cited an RTI reply from 2021 and perpetuated the Kashmiri Hindu genocide denial. Using the RTI reply, he claimed that ‘only 89’ Hindus have been killed on account of terrorism in Kashmir.

Speaking to India TV on the ban on BBC’s documentary on Gujarat Riots, Azmi stated, “BBC made a documentary, and it will create a law and order problem? PM Modi has a lot of influence on the international platform. Why did he not raise his voice against BBC? He should ask people to watch the hate-filled film on Kashmir. The Kashmir where 1700-1800 people died, out of which only 89 were Kashmiri Pandits. Rest all of them were Muslims, and few were Sikhs.”

Actress Ayesha Takia’s father-in-law Abu Azmi added, “This information came as a reply of RTI. It tells the figure of how many Pandits were killed because of terrorism. A total of 1724 people were killed. Only 89 were Pandits. Now subtract 89 from 1724 and see how many Muslims died. And you are promoting this film? I admire your guts. The tickets were distributed for free. Even I could get enraged to see how Muslims terrorised Hindus in Kashmir. But the RTI reply shows a different picture. Are you still okay with promoting such a film? But the film that BBC made… Freedom of speech and expression is a law. Go and file a case against BBC. Everyone has the right to speak and listen. Let them listen to what [BBC is] saying. If BBC is wrong, file a case against it. Ban BBC. But you are stopping students from watching it. Have a big heart [PM Modi]. Allow them to watch and give their remarks.”

He additionally added an RTI reply on his Facebook account. The RTI reply was initially printed by RTI activist PP Kapoor in December 2021, a couple of months earlier than the official launch of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s movie The Kashmir Files. In the reply, it was talked about that for the reason that inception of terrorism in 1990, 89 Kashmiri Pandits had been killed. Furthermore, the federal government knowledgeable {that a} complete of 1,635 folks of different religion died by the terrorists within the valley. This specific RTI has been used repeatedly by the left-liberals and seculars to whitewash the crimes dedicated in opposition to Kashmiri Hindus.

However, the RTI reply clearly talked about that the variety of Kashmiri Hindus killed due to terrorists talked about within the reply was from 1990. That means any Kashmiri Pandit killed by terrorists earlier than the stated date was not included within the reply.

According to a fact-check finished by India Today in March 2022, it was talked about that a number of information studies quoted Jammu and Kashmir’s police saying that over 200 Kashmiri Pandits had been killed on account of terrorism since 1989.

In 2008, an Indian Expresses report famous that 209 Kashmiri Pandits had been killed by terrorists since 1989. The report prompt that 109 folks have been killed in 1990 out of those 209, which which means earlier than 1990, 100 Kashmiri Hindus have been already killed.

Another level that must be thought-about right here is that in 1990, the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus occurred amidst the continued genocide. There are studies that clearly recommend that Hindus have been warned to go away the valley. Hundreds of hundreds of Hindus left the valley leaving solely a handful of Kashmiri Hindus in Kashmir. It was unimaginable to kill Kashmiri Hindus within the valley if they’d left the valley altogether. Since they left the valley, the battle after the genocide has continued so far.