Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 26: All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) the Kashmiri Pandit organization that has been pioneering the demand for reopening of ancient Shardha Peeth, the presiding deity of Kashmiri Pandits, in PoJK has decided to take a cautious stand over the reported decision by Pakistan Government to re-open the shrine for Hindus on the pattern of Kartarpur Sahab Corridor.
The APMCC, while commenting on Pak Government’s decision made it clear that the organization will go by the decision of Government of India in order to protect national interest.
In a statement issued here, today, APMCC said that while their organization has been fighting for more than 16 years for the re-opening of Shardha Peeth located in Shardhi Village in PoJK, they don’t want to jump the gun in ‘ecstasy’ and instead would go with whatever decision Government of India and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi takes keeping national security and national interest in mind.
The APMCC leaders Vinod Pandit, chairman, King C Bharati its national spokesperson, said they had a meeting here, today with various social and religious bodies of the community over the Pak Government’s decision and decide their future course of action. It was resolved that APMCC stands for ‘nation first’ campaign and would therefore wait for the statement from Government of India on the matter and go with whatever the decision GoI takes at this moment.
The leaders said that the acrimony that has been going on between the two countries since Pulwama carnage and air strikes, it was imperative upon every nationalistic citizen of India to go with the decision of their own Prime Minister rather than that of Pakistan and hence it was decided to stand solidly behind GoI and PMO on the subject at this point of time.
The leaders said that Kashmiri Pandits were true nationalists and would not go against the national interest even though they would have warmly celebrated the news had Pakistan not politicized such issues and indulged in Pulwama like carnages and air strikes adding the politicization of Kartarpur Sahab corridor has forced them to rethink and go with the decision of GoI and PMO at this point of time.
APMCC said its chairman Vinod Pandit observed 10 days fast unto death in 2011 at Jammu over the issue and later for 15 days fast unto death at Porbandar Gujarat where Porbandar observed a shutdown in favour and also staged a Rail roko protest.
Meanwhile, KPC president, Kundan Kashmiri whose organisation was also shoulder to shoulder with APMCC in its agitation at Gujarat and Jammu and participated in the fast has said that it will also go with Government of India decision in this regard.
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