Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 17: Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA) and All India Kashmir Samaj (AIKS) have noted that Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah has admitted that he was misguided in handling of Kounsarnaag yatra which has provoked global outrage among the Kashmiri Pandits specifically and Hindus in generally.
The KOA Board of Directors and executive team along with executive team of All India Kashmiri Samaj has jointly condemned State Government for siding with forces who are hostile to the continued existence of the Kashmiri Pandit civilization within the Valley.
They have constituted a task force of eminent religious scholar and others who will visit the Valley to conduct a fact finding mission on the state of religious freedom of the Kashmiri Pandits, state of Temples and shrines and all impediments created in performing yatras and other religious obligations as laid in Hindu texts.
It has also constituted a group of officials observers who will participate in the yatras and other yagnas and provide on the spot reporting of any harassment by zealots or non-cooperation by the State authorities.
The KP organizations said that a Pakistani newspaper Dawn has published photograph which purport to show a temporary mosque being constructed at Kounsarnaag on which the State has not issued any clarification.
Dr Surinder Kaul, president, KOA, Moti Koul president AIKS, Rajni Koul, vice president, Ajay Tikoo, secretary and Rajeev Kaul, treasurer has strongly criticized the State Government for their continuous failure in its Constitutional obligation towards Kashmiri Pandits following their religious cleaning in 1990.
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