Interlocutors favour twin city for Pandits
in Valley
Avtar Bhat
JAMMU,
May 3: Admitting that State and Central Governments have done nothing except
giving assurances on return and rehabilitation of internally displaced Kashmiri
Pandits from Valley, the Central Interlocutors on J&K have recommended
construction of composite twin city for Srinagar
under the name of NAV Srinagar for the rehabilitation of displaced Pandits in
Valley. In their final and Feed back report submitted to Union Home Ministry
for consideration after meting the aggrieved people from various communities in
the State during their visit, the two Interlocutors Dilip Padgoankar and Radha
Kumar made it clear that the return of internally displaced Pandits can be only
possible by settling the entire KP community at a single concentrated place
just like Sikhs, Shias etc live in concentrated places in Kashmir.
Expressing
concern over the plight of the KP students and youth, the interlocutors have
also recommended that the displaced youth be given Government services and
colleges. Admitting that the ethnic cleansing on displaced Pandits was forced
on them, the interlocutors made it clear that the return of the community can’t
be made under any truncated formula. They strongly advocated for acceptance of
the guidelines given by the Working Group on internally displaced people at UN
Human Rights Council in this regard.
In
their recommendations they further suggested that at least four out of a
compendium of fundamentals are of vital importance those are non refloulment,
concentrated and comprehensive living, recognition of specific identity and
political empowerment with viable means of sustenance. The interlocutors have
urged the Government to implement return formula of Pandits in letter and
spirit. They expressed concern that the political, economic and social space of
Pandits is shrinking in Valley and also recommended that Pandits should have
minority positions in Assembly and Legislative Council of the state. It may be
recalled that the recommendations were made by the two interlocutors Dilip
Padgoankar and Rada Kumar after visiting the State last year to have the feed
back from the aggrieved people.
They
also met a cross section of people in the State including some displaced
Pandits who expressed their concern for not taking up the issue of displaced
Pandits who are the real victims of the turmoil in the State in their report
submitted to Union Home Ministry. A memorandum to them was also submitted to
them by Jammu Kashmir Nationalist Movement, (JKNM) Surinder Ambardar Peace
Activist and Political analyst.
The JKNM
convener Dr K N Pandita later welcomed the recommendations especially the
concept of NAV Srinagar for rehabilitation of displaced People in Valley.
However the
recommendations have generated a serious debate among the displaced people
while Panun Kashmir factions said that they have already rejected the
recommendations as they strongly vouch for separate homeland within Kashmir valley as per the Margdarshan resolution of 1991.
PK
convener Dr Agnishekhar, its chairman Dr Ajay Chrungoo and national
spokesperson Virender Riana while expressing their surprise over the report
asked what is the relevance of this report when already the interlocutors have
submitted their report to Union Home Ministry. Moreover, PK stands for homeland
and it will not accept any thing short of Margdarshan resolution of 1991, they
added
Source: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/interlocutors-favour-twin-city-for-pandits-in-valley/
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