12-26-2006, 08:46 PM
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http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/06dec26/news.htm#2
NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Kashmiri Pandits today rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's four-point formula on Kashmir and said the latest indications emanating from the ongoing Indo-Pak composite dialogue process were confusing.
A resolution adopted after a day-long conference, organised by the Kashmiri Samiti, the apex body of Kashmiri Pandits, said it was not very clear what prompted Gen Musharraf to come out with this out of box formula but it was clear that the Government of India was willing to discuss it.
Without going into the merits and demerits of the formula, the Government of India was willing to clutch any straw that Pakistan offered without understanding how this formula would fit into the spectrum of Indian claims.
"There is a unanimous Parliament resolution of 1994 describing Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India and asking Pakistan to withdraw from the territory under its control and then recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that there is no question of change of borders," the resolution said.
How could the two countries then discuss reduction of armies, creating five zones having self-rule and an overall joint control on the entire territory, it said and feared that the Government of India may accept the formula.
"The whole exercise leaves only the Kashmiri Pandits in the lurch. They are now in their 19th year of displacement and see little or no chance of their returning to their homes in the near future," the resolution said. The resolution demanded that Kashmiri Pandits be rehabilitated at their places of presented location in the country.
They, however, asserted that they were not against returning to Kashmir and threatened to resort to direct action programme¢ from January 20, 2007, (the day Kashmiri Pandits migrated enmasse from the Valley in 1990) if the Central Government failed to rehabilitate them within a certain time-frame.
Demanding their inclusion in any negotiations on Kashmir, the Kashmiri Pandits said they were very much a part of the political process and any process would be incomplete without their participation as they were the worst sufferers of terrorism in the Valley.
<b>"Whatever the future of Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits are an integral part of Indian ethos and civilisation and would like to contribute their mite in strengthening the country...They feel enough is enough and they cannot wait indefinitely for a situation that enables them to return to their roots," the resolution said.</b>
It also demanded that the Centre urgently set up an agency which can gather all details of the losses incurred by the Kashmiri Pandits and formulate a policy of compensation and rehabilitation with their representatives.
"If no action is taken on these in a reasonable time-frame, the Kashmiri Pandits have resolved to resort to direct action. They are determined to end the stalemate that has been thrust on them," the resolution warned. Mr Sunil Shakdhar, Kashmiri Samiti chairman, asserted that Kashmiri Pandits would not give up their right to live in Kashmir.
He strongly objected to the word ¡migrant¢ being used for Kashmiri Pandits who had left the Valley in and after 1990 following terrorism.
"Why are we being described as Migrants ? that way we are being clubbed with Bangladeshi migrants. We are in our own country and have been displaced from our homes," he asserted.
He cautioned against ¡¡political exploitation and said that from January 20, 2007, they would launch a direct action programme if the Government did not come out with a concrete programme for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.
Dr L N Dhar, president of the Kashmiri Samiti, while rejecting so-existence with Muslims in the Valley, said Kashmiri Pandits should be rehabilitated at their present positions of stay, pending a resolution to the issue.
The Government should identify areas for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and rehabilitate them there, he added.
He also demanded that the Government declare null and void all distress sales of Kashmiri Pandits properties in the Valley, saying that 95 per cent of the Pandits had sold off their houses in the Valley since 1990.
The conference felt that the Government should initiate a process that would determine the extent of compensation to be provided to displaced persons.
Several prominent Kashmiri Pandits were felicitated for their contribution to the cause and for excelling in their respective fields. (UNI)
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http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/06dec26/news.htm#2
NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Kashmiri Pandits today rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's four-point formula on Kashmir and said the latest indications emanating from the ongoing Indo-Pak composite dialogue process were confusing.
A resolution adopted after a day-long conference, organised by the Kashmiri Samiti, the apex body of Kashmiri Pandits, said it was not very clear what prompted Gen Musharraf to come out with this out of box formula but it was clear that the Government of India was willing to discuss it.
Without going into the merits and demerits of the formula, the Government of India was willing to clutch any straw that Pakistan offered without understanding how this formula would fit into the spectrum of Indian claims.
"There is a unanimous Parliament resolution of 1994 describing Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India and asking Pakistan to withdraw from the territory under its control and then recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that there is no question of change of borders," the resolution said.
How could the two countries then discuss reduction of armies, creating five zones having self-rule and an overall joint control on the entire territory, it said and feared that the Government of India may accept the formula.
"The whole exercise leaves only the Kashmiri Pandits in the lurch. They are now in their 19th year of displacement and see little or no chance of their returning to their homes in the near future," the resolution said. The resolution demanded that Kashmiri Pandits be rehabilitated at their places of presented location in the country.
They, however, asserted that they were not against returning to Kashmir and threatened to resort to direct action programme¢ from January 20, 2007, (the day Kashmiri Pandits migrated enmasse from the Valley in 1990) if the Central Government failed to rehabilitate them within a certain time-frame.
Demanding their inclusion in any negotiations on Kashmir, the Kashmiri Pandits said they were very much a part of the political process and any process would be incomplete without their participation as they were the worst sufferers of terrorism in the Valley.
<b>"Whatever the future of Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits are an integral part of Indian ethos and civilisation and would like to contribute their mite in strengthening the country...They feel enough is enough and they cannot wait indefinitely for a situation that enables them to return to their roots," the resolution said.</b>
It also demanded that the Centre urgently set up an agency which can gather all details of the losses incurred by the Kashmiri Pandits and formulate a policy of compensation and rehabilitation with their representatives.
"If no action is taken on these in a reasonable time-frame, the Kashmiri Pandits have resolved to resort to direct action. They are determined to end the stalemate that has been thrust on them," the resolution warned. Mr Sunil Shakdhar, Kashmiri Samiti chairman, asserted that Kashmiri Pandits would not give up their right to live in Kashmir.
He strongly objected to the word ¡migrant¢ being used for Kashmiri Pandits who had left the Valley in and after 1990 following terrorism.
"Why are we being described as Migrants ? that way we are being clubbed with Bangladeshi migrants. We are in our own country and have been displaced from our homes," he asserted.
He cautioned against ¡¡political exploitation and said that from January 20, 2007, they would launch a direct action programme if the Government did not come out with a concrete programme for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.
Dr L N Dhar, president of the Kashmiri Samiti, while rejecting so-existence with Muslims in the Valley, said Kashmiri Pandits should be rehabilitated at their present positions of stay, pending a resolution to the issue.
The Government should identify areas for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and rehabilitate them there, he added.
He also demanded that the Government declare null and void all distress sales of Kashmiri Pandits properties in the Valley, saying that 95 per cent of the Pandits had sold off their houses in the Valley since 1990.
The conference felt that the Government should initiate a process that would determine the extent of compensation to be provided to displaced persons.
Several prominent Kashmiri Pandits were felicitated for their contribution to the cause and for excelling in their respective fields. (UNI)
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