Navreh Milan at Jagti
Excelsior Correspondent
JAGTI, Apr 16: Lauding the resilience, fortitude and sense of assimilation of Kashmiri Pandits in braving the vicissitudes of wilderness during the long spell of their displacement, senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana today complimented them for preserving their culture heritage and glorious traditions even during most testing times of their displacement from the Valley.
Interacting with the displaced members of the community at Navreh Milan, organized by All India Migrant Camp Coordination Committee (AIMCCC) at Jagati Township, Rana said that despite the ignominy of being refugees they held pens and kept their ethos alive.
Devender Singh Rana greeted the people on Navreh celebrations and prayed for the time to come when the displaced people will celebrate their festivals like Navreh in the scenic almond gardens and valleys of Kashmir along with their majority community brethren in true spirit of inclusiveness.
In the presence of K K Khosa, President Kashmiri Samaj, B K Raina, Chairman AIMCCC, Desh Rattan, President AIMCCC, Prof A N Sadhu, B L Saraf, Retd Judge, B L Bhat, Anil Dhar, Prof G L Koul, Priya Dhar, Anjali Kar, Meenu Misri, Rakesh Dass, Pt Rameshwar Dutt, Romesh Singh (Natti), Parveen Singh and others, Mr Rana complimented Kashmiri Pandits for their initiative of setting up of Sharada Temple near the LoC on the banks of the Krishna Ganga and urged the Union Home Minister to take up the issue of opening of the Sharada Peeth in PoK on the analogy of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor.
Rana also sought undoing of the wrongs committed by way of distress sales of immovable properties of KPs post migration of the minuscule minority from the Valley in most tragic, inhuman and unfortunate circumstances. “Identifying the sales carried out in distress in violation of the J&K Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sale) Act 1997 will expose the small but vocal section of vested interests, who believed in making personal and political empires by playing politics on dead bodies and the miseries of the people, no matter which community they belonged to,” he said and added that the majority people in the valley also kept feeling the pain and agony of the minority community brethren and yearn for their honourable return.
“They also understand that Kashmiri Pandits had no option but to leave their homes and hearths for safety of their lives, notwithstanding the malicious and mischievous ‘conspiracy angle’ being pushed by insensitive segments and politicians. Such a situation has unfortunately been allowed by politicians who dominated the political scene over the years,” he added.
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