Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 13: Kashmiri Pandits today said that community should evolve a consensus on return and rehabilitation in Kashmir Valley.
The suggestion was given by a senior leader of the community and president All India Kashmiri Pandit Conference (AIKPC) at a meeting organized by J K Thinkers Forum here which was presided over by a well known scholar Prof A N Sadhu.
Mr Jattu, while addressing the meeting stressed on unity in the community and said that over the years the Pandits have suffered a lot and the community should unitedly struggle for its rights. The community must preserve its culture, identity and ethos at all costs, he added.
In his address Prof Sadhu said adversity shapes fine fellows as such the community must utilize this opportunity for laying sound foundation for betterment and upliftment of its members so that the future generations would remember the contribution for times to come. By having rational thoughts the community will overcome the difficulties, he added.
In his welcome address Kuldeep Kashmiri president Thinkers Forum said that his organisation provides platform to the people of divergent opinions to have discourse, debate and discussion on various short term and long term problems facing the community and evolve a consensus accordingly.
Shiban Ji Santoshi expressed the hope that such debates and discourses are bound to generate enthusiasm and evolve common opinion on major issues facing the community.
Dr R L Bhat chief spokesperson Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust said the community should unitedly struggle for its rights instead of banking on others.
B L Saraf (retd) Session Judge and a well known thinker said unless belongingness among the community is restored, the return carries no significance.
Among others Prof G K Muju, P N Pandita (retd SP), B L Bhat, ex MLC, Tej Krishan Bhat, Nanaji Wattal, Rakesh Bhat, H L Bhat, M K Yogi and Comrade Mohan Lal expressed their views. The stage was conducted by P K Razdhan.
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