Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: Stating that BJP stands for dignified return of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) to their homes and hearths in Valley, party State President & MLA Sat Sharma (C.A) said that the community is part and parcel of Kashmir.
Addressing a gathering of Kashmir Displaced persons at party headquarters alongwith State general secretary (Org.) Ashok Kaul, MLC Surinder Ambardar, Kashmir Displaced district president T N Bhat and prominent woman leader Sheela Handoo, Sharma said that the BJP has all along stood with the displaced Kashmiri Pandits right from 1989, when they had to leave their native homes and properties.
He said during all these years, the community has undergone stress, pain and faced numerous difficulties but kept moving ahead, for which it deserve appreciation.
Sat Sharma said that the concern of BJP for DPs can be well judged from the fact that the Party run State Governments across the country provided seats in technical and professional institutions to their wards so that they could stand on their own feet and help the families. He asked them to preserve their rich culture and extend cooperation to their brethren in times of sorrow and need.
Ashok Kaul, on this occasion, said that the BJP has constituted separate displaced district for the KPs with an objective of providing them platform to highlight their problems and work for the mitigation of the same. He said that the BJP is not only confined to Kashmiri Pandits in Valley but it has registered three lakh members in Kashmir with majority of them from Muslim community. The passion for getting associated with BJP in Kashmir is seen when the party appoints an office bearer and the number of aspirants of Kashmiri Muslims for the post run in hundreds.
Surinder Ambardar spoke on various projects and schemes launched by BJP led NDA Government at the Centre and the charismatic leadership of PM Narendra Modi, which has earned respect for India among the world community.
A large number of displaced people, including TN Bhat, R K Raina, Intellectuals, retired officials and house wives also joined BJP on the occasion.
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