Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 21: Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz today said that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is not aware of the historical events with regard to Kashmir.
In a statement here today, Soz said, ” The RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat has asserted that a large section of Kashmiris want independence from India. Speaking to the RSS workers at Nagpur recently, Bhagwat exhorted the people that, after abrogating Articles 370 and 35-A of the Constitution of India, it was now their duty to take measures to integrate Kashmir with India. He, however, declared that there is a large section of people in J&K State, particularly Kashmir, who feel independence from India is more desirable. So, he exhorts people to put in efforts to integrate them (Kashmiris) with the rest of the country,” Soz added.
“Bhagwat does not feel the necessity of talking to the people of Kashmir at all, as he thinks that people of Kashmir raise ‘technical questions’. The people of Kashmir must now wait to see what measures RSS proposes for integration of Kashmir with India. The statement of Bhagwat also carries a signal that the Govt of India has to follow what the RSS has to propose,” he added.
“Bhagwat is not bothered about accuracy of historical events, he exhorts people to return, who were forced to leave Kashmir during Sheikh Abdullah’s time! Maybe, he doesn’t know that the Sheikh had passed away on September 8, 1982,” Soz remarked.
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