Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 10: To discuss the emerging political scenario in the State, Panun Kashmir held a meeting of its Executive Council here today under the chairmanship of its president, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo. It was attended among others by Virender Raina, National spokesperson, J.L.Kaul, vice president PK, Kamal Bagati, organising secretary, P.K.Kaul, Sameer Bhat, J.L.Drabu, Vijay Qazi, P.N.Pandita and Raj Mohan.
While addressing the meeting Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said that Panun Kashmir appreciates the recent statements that tend to bring the issues pertaining to the Kashmiri Pandit Community on the centre stage of the national political scene. The reference to the Kashmiri Pandits for the first time in the Presidential speech in the Parliament reflects the concerns of the leadership of the country towards the displaced community. The privations of two and half decades of exodus were always, unfortunately, not a priority for the Governments in the past. The resettlement of the KPs in the Kashmir valley is a serious political issue that needs a political settlement for which the genuine representatives of the community need to be taken into confidence.
He said a comprehensive settlement must always include political rights and constitutional guarantees that would ensure no refoulment in future. In this context, we need to be guided by our historical experiences of the past and the recent exodus of 1990. The demand of Homeland having a Union Territory status with free and full flow of the Indian Constitution would alone satisfy the urges and aspirations of the displaced community.
Virender Raina, said that the ground level political situation in Kashmir needs to be taken into account while formulating an opinion. All the three major political forces in the Kashmir valley have been emphasizing upon the resolution of the so-called Kashmir issue and in this connection the recent move of the PDP to seek an amendment to the Presidential address is a stark reality. The stand of the political forces makes Kashmir a shaking ground for the displaced Kashmiri Pandit Community and as such they cannot offer themselves for experimentation of ‘secularism’.
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