Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 23: Rich tributes were paid to 24 Nadimarg martyrs on their 15th anniversary here, today.
In this connection a Shradhanjali Sabha was organised by Arde Narishwar Trust Nadimarg at Community Hall Muthi in which the speakers paid glowing tributes to these martyrs.
Hundreds of people from all walks of life participated and paid floral tributes to the martyrs along with the other Pandit members from this ill fated village.
Swami Kumar Ji performed Shanti Path while highlighting the philosophy of Karma Yoga.
The event was attended by prominent leaders of the community who included Vijay Bakaya, ex-Chief Secretary/ MLC, Surinder Ambardar and, G.L. Raina, MLCs, Ashwani Chrungoo, president PK, Ravinder Raina, president ASKPC, M.K.Yogi, working president NC Minority Cell, M.L. Raina, Relief Commiss-ioner, Jammu, A.K.Sidha, D.C. Relief Jammu, advocate Kashmiri Lal, Ashok Kangan, S.L. Koul, Dr. T. K. Bhat and other dignities of the community also participated and paid tributes to the martyrs.
Speakers recalled that it was on this day in 2003 when terrorist struck during the midnight in Nadimarg village of Pulwama district of South Kashmir and killed these innocent people who included 11 men, 11 women, and two minor children. Till date none of the perpetrators has been punished rather stories are made to satisfy that the alleged perpetrators have been killed in encounters of which in real no record exists, they added.
Speaker said Nadimarg is one of the incidents that have torn apart the claim of fake co-existence and secularism which is being boosted by everyone in Kashmir whether from mainstream or from separatist camp. An incident in which 24 Kashmiri Pandits were cold blooded killed by the men with arms holding the flag of so called resistance in their hands.
The proceedings of the event were conducted by Predmen Krishan Raina. The vote of thanks was presented by B.L. Bhat (Chairman Arde Narishwar Trust Nadimarg).
Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) also paid rich tributes to the martyrs of Nadimarg massacre at a function held at New Delhi as well as to three brave Heros of Indian nation,Shaheed Baghat Singh,Rajguru and Sukhdev who were hanged in Lahore jail on March 23,1931 respectively.
Addressing the activists on the 15th anniversary of Nadimarg massacre at New Delhi today Kundan Kashmiri, president KPC said that it has been 15 years since the intervening night of March 23 and 24 in 2003, when 24 Kashmiri Pandits were killed in a massacre and till date the perpetrators of the massacre go scot free.
The wounds of the massacre seem to be fresh in the minds of all Kashmiri Pandits who were given no choice other than to flee or perish in 1990, which marked the rise of “Islamic insurgency in Kashmir.
Kashmiri further said that the killers and planners involved in the brutal massacres of Pandits roam free in Kashmir and remain a nuisance for the local population which wants to live in peace. “The Human Right bodies, and the pseudo secularists in India are also equally guilty for ignoring the Pandit narrative deliberately to suit their agenda and vested design.”
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