SRINAGAR: Kashmiri Pandits will have to be housed in “inclusive” transit camps in the Valley till they get the confidence to return to their native places without security, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today while accusing the opposition and media of distorting her “cat and pigeon” analogy.
“My remarks were distorted by the opposition and media to project as if every Kashmiri is a militant. Kashmiri Muslims are fed up of violence. Kashmiri Pandits are not afraid of Kashmiri Muslims. They are afraid of those who perpetrated Wandhama Massacre,” she said in the Legislative Council while replying to a debate on Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address.
Mehbooba, while speaking in the Assembly on Saturday about rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, had reportedly said she will not throw Kashmiri Pandits like “pigeons before the cat”.
Today, she said unless migrant Pandits get the confidence to go to their native places without security, they have to be provided proper residences in transit camps which would be inclusive.
“The workers of Congress, PDP, NC and BJP are living with security. Should we not then provide a sense of security to Pandits. We have to make them comfortable. (AGENCIES)
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