Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: Panun Kashmir (PK) organised a meeting of its Political Affairs Committee (PAC) here today under the chairmanship of its president, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo to discuss the socio-political scenario in the context of certain important political developments in the State.
In his address Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said that the Seven-point Charter of demands presented recently by PK includes five points for the fiscal 2018-19 and the other two points for the year 2019-20. These points which form the core agenda of the struggle of Kashmiri Pandit displaced community included immediate filling up of all 6,000 posts earmarked under the PM’s package plus 2,000 Central Government jobs for the KP youth.
Besides, it includes one-time compensation settlement plan for the over-aged youth of the community, linking of the relief to the cost of consumer price index, Passage of Hindu Temples & Shrines Bill, compensation to the people whose lands and orchards and other properties have been usurped by the State and non-State actors in the Kashmir valley.
He said the other two important points included setting up of Special Crimes Tribunal to probe into the heinous crimes committed against the displaced community for the last three decades on the basis of the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) decision that “acts akin to genocide have been committed against the Kashmiri Pandit community” and bring the culprits to justice and initiating a serious dialogue process with the representatives of the displaced community for their resettlement in Kashmir as per their geo-political aspirations as expressed in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991.
It is also important to clarify that the Panun Kashmir will follow up this charter with the State as well as the Central Governments and appealed to the Government to focus on the Charter of Demands as three years of the present State Government and four years of the current Central Government are coming to an end.
Virender Raina national spokesperson PK said that the narrative regarding Kashmir discourse has taken a very positive turn over the last three to four years. The political status has been defined by the Instrument of Accession, Shimla Agreement and the Parliament Resolution of 1994 on Jammu and Kashmir. The only external issue that needs settlement is the liberation of Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the internal issue that required resolution is the resettlement of the ethnically cleansed Kashmiri Pandit community in Kashmir.
Other PK leaders who attended the meeting included PK, J.L.Kaul, vice president, Kamal Bagati, general secretary (Org), Virender Kaul, organising secretary, Vijay Qazi and Surinder Kaul, secretaries and Sumeer Bhat, convener, Panun Kashmir Youth.
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