Kashmiri activists slam Farooq Abdullah’s call for probe into exodus of Kashmiri Pandits

Kashmiri Activists slammed National Conference (NC) Chief Farooq Abdullah for demanding a probe into exodus of Kashmiri pandits from Valley. Abdullah on Sunday sought an investigation led by retired Supreme Court judges into exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from valley in early 1990s.

Answering a question amid a webinar, Abdullah asserted that he would support any initiative which would bring Kashmiri Pandits back to Valley. While ding, he even took liberty to blame exodus on n Goverr of Jammu and Kashmir Jagmohan.

Calling Abdullah a “liar”, Kashmiri Activist Lalit Ambardar told Republic TV,  “Kashmiri Islamists including main stream y master art of manipulating discourse to suit ir audiences in Jammu, Srinagar and Lakh and also ir left liberal secular Mates in Delhi. He (Farooq Abdullah) is one who in an interview spoke of establishing a commission of inquiry. Meanwhile, he like a liar denies that thing happened in Kashmir that it was t Islamists, perpetrators of gecide and that it was Jagmohan who facilitated and organised mass exodus of Kashmiri pandits, he said same thing in same interview.”

“He says all this to suit his audiences. Our population (Kashmiri Pandits) was reduced by Islamists over years. Islamists saw that Kashmiri pandits symbolise India across valley hence y went after us,” he ded.

Around 60,000 Kashmiri Pandit families are registered as migrants

Around 60,000 Kashmiri Pandit families are registered as migrants after onset of militancy in Kashmir Valley in early 1990s. Furr lambasting National Conference chief, Ambardar asserted that former fled country at time exodus took place.

“He fled himself for security and did t return to valley for six years and left Kashmiri to mercy of AK 47 jihis who were hunting for us and w again he has audacity to repeat same lie.   people who should have been hanged were given a political makeover. It is only I second tenure of Modi government that protagonist of jih Yasin Malik has been put in jail,” he said.

Similar sentiments were echoed by ar activist Amit Raina, who told Republic TV that unlike Abdullah who led country, Goverr Jagmohan helped Kashmiri Pandits. “H it t been for Jagmohan, Kashmiri Pandits would have died of Hunger,” he said.

He ded that Abdullah is only raking issue because him, his son Omar Abdullah and entire family have been rendered irrelevant post abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. During webinar on topic, “Discerning old order delineating new order-a year after neutralization of Article 370 and abrogation of Article 35 A”, Abdullah was questioned if he would back a gecide bill being coined by Panun Kashmir, a Kashmiri Pandit organisation seeking a separate homeland for migrants.

Replying to query, Abdullah said, “a sincere and honest judge of Supreme Court, retired judge of Supreme Court, a team of judges…let m investigate and come out with ir report. It will clear many minds around globe, among younger Kashmiri Pandits, that it was t Kashmiri Muslims who threw m out. re are still many Kashmiri Pandits who never left and y are living here.”