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JAMMU: President, Kashmiri Pandit Sabha (KPS) Jammu, K K Khosa has appealed to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to extend an invitation to the Kashmiri Pandits during his two days visit to the UT beginning on 23rd of June 2023.
“The community is facing multiple issues which need to be thrashed out to mitigate their suffering during their forced exile from the land of their forefathers,” Khosa said in a statement, here.
He added that the Kashmiri Pandits are facing an existential threat as they are away from Kashmir and in exile it is difficult to preserve their distinct ethnic culture and identity. They left Kashmir 33 years ago only to save their lives and honor which had come under threat from the demonic forces of terrorism and antinational radicalism, he said adding that the government of the day had miserably failed to secure their lives and properties, becoming mute spectators to the drama of death and destruction that played out in the Valley in 1989-90.
The Kashmiri Pandits have been longing for their dignified return and resettlement in the Valley for the past three decades and have remained hopeful especially after the Narendra Modi government took over in 2014, he said addi ng that after the abrogation of Articles 370 & 35A the hopes soared further especially since near normalcy and peace have been established in the Valley.
The Kashmiri Pandit community wishes to interact with the Home Minister in order to impress upon him that for complete normalcy to return back to Kashmir it is imperative that Kashmiri Pandits are resettled there in large numbers in order to restore the syncretic culture which prevailed in the valley before their exodus.
Engagement with the community leadership will go a long way in assuaging their feelings of hurt and despondency which have crept in due to their complete marginalization from the social cultural and political fabric of the union territory, Khosa said.
