Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 22: Pt Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust (PNBMT) in a meeting here today said that the Hindus of Kashmir are being marginalized.
The meeting alleged that their temples and shrines are being allowed to be disintegrated by snowballing efforts at laying a legal mechanism for their preservation. It further alleged that the agencies, are further trying to sabotage their very return to their land, with the gimmickry of consent forms and expressions of intent.
Participating in meetings at Bantalab and Talab Tillo including the community leaders, activists and intellectuals were unanimous in their views that participation of the exiled Hindus in the democratic process was made so cumbersome as to virtually exclude them from the process and marginalize them of their religious and private properties in the Valley.
The meeting at Ban Talab organized by the Trust activists, especially Brij Lal Bhat Katal and Shibanji Saraf was presided over by Prof A N Sadhu, Sharda Nandan and Dr A N Pandita. S L Koul compered the meeting.
The speakers were especially critical of the Government agencies who only asked people to fill in new forms, to make a show of doing something. They asked why the agency had not consolidated the details already submitted to the Relief Commissioner more than a decade ago. They had not even collected the details from the respective revenue department officials nor ensured action on the illegal occupation of the private lands and properties in the Valley.
Another meeting held at Amar colony in Talab Tillo was presided over by H N Jato.
The meetings are in the series being organized by Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust towards observing the Chetna Divas on the December 27, 2014.
The speakers reiterated the total commitment of the community to do everything to get the Tempels and Shrines Bill passed. The speakers also expressed hope that the new Government would take positive steps to meet the aspirations of the exiled community and to address their shared concerns.
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