Non-migrant Pandits facing political isolation: KPSS

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 28: Continuing with its fast-unto-death which has now completed 122 hours, the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) today said that the non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir Valley were facing political as well as administrative isolation.
“Our melancholic conditions fail to gather attention from the people who are at the helm of affairs. We fail to understand that people who claim themselves as “Nationalists” how they can ignore fellow countrymen who stood for the nation and contributed for the integrity of the Country even during hard times,” KPSS said in a statement issued here.
Notably, the second phase of its Fast-unto-Death has completed 7 days since its start from November 22. The first phase of its hunger strike was called off after the assurances of the administration that their issues will be addressed.
However, accusing the UT administration of betraying them the Samiti had to start another phase of their hunger strike after no progress was witnessing regarding their issues.
Since then, the members of the Samiti including forcing KPSS President Sanjay K. Tickoo, Youth Activists Sandeep Koul and Bhupender Singh Jamwal are on the hunger strike at Sidhi Vinayak Ganesh Mandir, Ganpatyar Srinagar.
The Samiti said that it was ironic that the directions and recommendations issued from higher authorities; Central Government and the High Court were put in the dust bin.
“The nodal agencies are acting autocratically refusing to give us what is meant for us and are misusing their chair to harass us which is causing mental depression and other allied issues within the Community who stayed back in Kashmir Valley,” KPSS said.