Reservation in Assembly demanded
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 20: A delegation of Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Sikhs led by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP and KP leader met Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister in PMO at New Delhi today and presented a joint letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to him.
The delegation requested the Minister that the letter may be presented to the Prime Minister, for his favourable consideration and approval in context of the delimitation exercise going on in the Union Territory of J&K. It may be recalled that the KP delegation already met the Delimitation Commission in March and July this year at Delhi and Jammu respectively and made its presentations before them and also forwarded to them the documents they desired.
The letter is signed by around one thousand prominent members of the minorities of Kashmir including Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Sikhs & non-Kashmiri speaking Hindus of Kashmir living throughout the globe. This is in connection with the plea for adequate representation of ethnic minority, the KP community and other minorities of Kashmir in the J&K Legislative Assembly and the Indian Parliament. Notable among those who signed the joint letter included Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP & KP leader, Utpal Kaul, senior KP leader, Vijay Bakaya, former MLC and Chief Secretary, J&K, G.L.Raina former MLC, Kuldeep Khuda, former DGP J&K, B.L.Saraf, former District & Sessions Judge, Virender Raina and Sanjay Ganjoo, senior KP leaders, Ashok Bhan, senior Advocate, Supreme Court, Prof. A.N.Sadhu, eminent economist, Yoginder Kaul, former IGP, Sanjay Raina, Advocate J&K Ladakh High Court, Dr. Surinder Kaul, Romesh Raina, Rakesh Kaul, KCS Mehta, R.K.Mattoo, Prem Singh Raina, Arvind Shah, Harbans Singh, Dr. Nidhi Tickoo Mitra, Prof. Ritu Bakshi, Vimla Chrungoo, Dr. Rajat Mitra, Sardar Bhupinder Singh Raina, Ashok Braroo, Pintoo Ji Pandit, Upender Sarup, Santosh Langer Sher and Ramanpreet Kaur.
The letter demanded dignified return and retention of KPs and other minorities in valley with dignity and honour with representation in Assembly and Parliament of India.
In an appeal to the PM the letter said “The displaced KPs and other minorities of Kashmir look up to you as a Messiah who would deliver them their due and ensure that the due rights -socio-political and economic– as envisaged by the Constitution of India, flow to them, smoothly’’.
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