Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: Maintaining that stone pelting has been a part of political culture of Kashmir for last one hundred years, Panun Kashmir today said it has been given a new ‘stature’ by linking it with Pan-Islamic Intifada fundamentalist movement and global terrorism.
Talking to reporters here ,today PK president Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, its senior leader from Delhi Utpal Koul and national spokesperson Virender Raina said up to the mass exodus of Pandits in Kashmir they used to be first target of the stone pelting culture, then this practice was used to settle scores with political rivals in Kashmir and now it should not be astonishing to note that the so-called mainstream politicians of the Valley have come out in support of the stone pelters.
Virender Raina, National Spokesperson, PK said that in the political parlance, Kashmir politicians have tried to befool the vast political class and the general public of the Indian nation by propagating the facade of Kashmiriyat all along. The coinage of the so-called Kashmiriyat was a deliberate attempt to hoodwink the public opinion because of the fact that it actually delinks Kashmir with its glorious past, ancient history, civilization and the cultural tradition. Moreover, the people of Jammu, Ladakh and the community of Kashmiri Pandits have to do nothing with this facade of Kashmiriat as they owe their allegiance to the Indianness, Indian cultural ethos and the Indian Constitution , he added.
Utpal Koul, Sr. leader-PK said that there are major challenges that have engulfed the State which include the presence of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants in Jammu. An Assam type situation is in the offing. “We urge the Government to take cognizance of the issue followed by actions that ensure deportation of these illegal immigrants. A tiny minority working under the command of Pakistan cannot hold the people of Jammu, Ladakh, the displaced community of Kashmiri Pandits and a vast majority of people in Kashmir valley to ransom, he added.
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