Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 8: Jammu and Kashmir Vichar Manch (JKVM) Council reiterated that return to the Valley was the primary concern of the minority Hindus exiled from Kashmir and living as refugees for the last 25 years.
Speaking at a meeting of the council members of the JKVM leaders said that while most of the problems like unemployment, lack of opportunities, loss of business and livelihood, faced by the KPs arose from their having been exiled from their land, the conditions obtaining in the Valley, then as well as now, are a primary factors which must be included in all talks of return.
No discussion of return can take place without taking due stock of the ground realities of the Valley, it said, adding no return module can be formulated without taking the perceptions of the exiled community into consideration.
In said In fact, the major problem with the modules promoted by various Governments of the day, including the package announced by the previous Prime Minister, have been formulated without the consultation of the exiled people and reference to the situation in the Valley. The result has been that these packages and promises have not taken off.
The council, which met at Barnai, was attended among others by Dr R L Bhat, H L Bhat, Pranji Pandita, B L Bhat, Tej Sagar, A K Pandita, Avtar Hugami, J L Raina, Sandeshji, Vijay Sagar, Pravin Koul, M L Bhat, M L Malla, D N Bhan, J L Koul, Santosh Koul. They noted that the leadership of State had flagrantly played with the cause of the community as the Shrines Bill seeking to protect the temples in the Valley was hanging in balance. It was the singular demand of the exiled community, which was not considered till date. The return and habilitation of the community was a larger issue that involved a much larger consonance and much more seriousness. It cannot be decided on the political expediency of a party or the private calculations of a few persons angling in the changed political scenario.
The council impressed upon the new Government that it must approach the issue with concern and care.
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