Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 18: Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP and KP leader, incharge, Department of Political Affairs and Feedback, J&K-BJP today said if current status of Assembly constituencies continues even after delimitation, Kashmiri Pandits will be the worst victims and remain unrepresented as usual.
He was reacting to the activism of political parties consequent upon the Delimitation Commission’s call for more presentations before it.
Chrungoo during his recent meeting had submitted a detailed Memorandum to the Commission. He suggested reservation or nomination for five seats for the minorities of Kashmir Valley on the pattern of Sikkim Assembly and Pudducherry Assembly.
Chrungoo in another missive to the PMO last week sought an amendment to the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act of 2019, thereby creating an accommodation for such reservation or nomination for the minorities of Kashmir including Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Sikhs and non-Kashmiri speaking Hindus of Kashmir Valley.
While interacting with a cross section of youth on a virtual mode, Chrungoo said, “Every major community in Jammu and Kashmir has its loose or compact roots in the ancient Kashmiri Pandit community. Their surnames and names are evidences and living witnesses of these facts. It is tragic and sad that the Kashmiri Pandits over the last 50 years has remained politically unrepresented in the Assembly and the Parliament of India. When 5% of the population remains on a brink, it reflected the story of whole society and polity. This has to be changed and the delimitation is the right process to ensure so”.
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