Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 24: The Political Affairs Committee of Panun Kashmir met here today to take stock of the political developments. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prof. M.L.Raina, Chairman-PAC. Those who attended the meeting included, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, President-Panun Kashmir. Virender Raina, National spokesperson, J.L.Kaul, vice president, Upinder Kaul, general secretary, Kamal Bagati, organising secretary, Vijay Qazi, Ramesh Kaul, P.N.Pandita, Ravinder Punjabi and Sameer Bhat.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, president, P K while addressing the meeting said that attempts are being made to challenge the more than 5000 year old ancestry of the Kashmiri Pandits by usurping and destroying the temples and shrines in the Kashmir Valley under a sinister design. These attempts are being encouraged by the fundamentalist and communal forces who are hand in glove with the criminal forces pursuing the agenda of complete ethnic cleansing in the Valley. The recent move of the administration to reintroduce the so-called expression of interest forms is yet another exercise to mislead the community. Such exercises have been conducted in the past and the sagacious KP community has not fallen into such entrapments.
He said the community has a historical claim on the territory of Kashmir which no force on the earth can deny to it. The mode of settlement in Kashmir will be decided by the displaced KP community and in this context, no prescriptions would be accepted from any quarter.
Prof. M.L.Raina, said that there is an immediate need to check the radicalization of the Kashmiri Muslim populace in the Valley. It is ironic that the Amarnath Yatris have to undergo stone pelting at various places in the Kashmir Valley while the secessionist elements are inciting people to protest against the Gaza incidents. Baltal happenings are yet another example of sectarian and communal mindset of the socio-political setup in the valley.
Virender Raina, said that it is matter of satisfaction that more and more KP groups are gravitating towards the core political demand of a separate homeland in the Valley. Separate homeland in Kashmir besides meeting the security imperatives of the nation would also serve as an ideological bulwark against the forces of separatism and fundamentalism, he added.
He said there is a need for a paradigm shift on the “policy paralysis on Kashmir” keeping in view the overall interests of the nation.
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