Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed Kashmiri Pandits are being compelled to go away the Valley as a result of focused killings of minorities and demanded the Centre put forth an motion plan to cease such incidents.
Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) ‘Jan Aakrosh Rally’ at Jantar Mantar right here, he mentioned this exhibits the BJP can’t deal with Kashmir and solely is aware of find out how to do soiled politics.
The chief minister additionally hit out at Pakistan, accusing it of supporting terror actions in Kashmir.
“I want to tell Pakistan to stop its petty tactics. Kashmir was ours and will always be a part of India…if India decides, then Pakistan will not exist,” he mentioned on the rally held in opposition to the focused killings in Kashmir.
The spate of focused killings in Kashmir began in May this yr which included that of Rahul Bhat, a clerk, who was shot lifeless contained in the tehsildar’s workplace in Chadoora tehsil of Budgam district.
Of the eight focused killings since May 1, three victims have been off-duty policemen and 5 have been civilians.
Kejriwal mentioned he’ll search time from Union Home Minister Amit Shah to debate the difficulty and know the Centre’s plan to cease the killings in Kashmir.
He mentioned Kashmiri Pandits are being compelled to go away their houses, a repeat of what occurred within the Nineteen Nineties. Whenever the BJP is in energy in Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits are compelled to go away the Valley, he alleged.
“This shows the BJP cannot handle Kashmir and it only knows how to do dirty politics. Please do not do politics over Kashmir,” Kejriwal mentioned.
“The BJP government has failed to provide security to Kashmiri Pandits. They do not have any plan but just hold meetings. Many meetings were held on the issue and now everyone wants to know the action plan,” he mentioned.
“Whenever a killing takes place in Kashmir, it is said that the Union home minister is holding a high-level meeting. But where is the action plan? “What is the plan? Kashmir wants an action plan. Yesterday, I saw that a three-hour-long high-level meeting was held. There have been too many meetings. Please take some action on the ground. People are dying,” he added.
The AAP nationwide convener demanded the Centre make public its plan to take care of the state of affairs within the Valley.
“The Centre should tell the public about its plan to tackle the situation in Kashmir, cancel the bond signed with Kashmiri Pandits that says they cannot work outside Kashmir, fulfil all their demands and provide them security,” Kejriwal mentioned.
The safety of Kashmiri Pandits residing within the Valley was mentioned threadbare at a high-level assembly in Delhi on Friday that was chaired by Shah, who took inventory of the prevailing state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir, in keeping with officers.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha have been amongst those that attended the assembly.
Kejriwal claimed round 4,500 Kashmiri Pandits have been rehabilitated and given jobs within the Valley underneath the PM’s aid plan however they have been additionally made to signal a bond that they can’t work outdoors Kashmir.
“The bond was that you (Kashmiri Pandits) will be sacked if you ask to be transferred out of Kashmir. You will have to work in Kashmir,” he alleged.
“Kashmiri Pandits are demanding that this bond be cancelled… the entire nation wants this bond to be cancelled. Kashmiri Pandits are not bonded labourers, they are free to work wherever they want,” he mentioned.
Scores of Kashmiri Pandits, who have been employed underneath the prime minister’s package deal in 2012, have been staging protests threatening mass exodus because the killing of Rahul Bhat on May 12.
Bhat’s killing sparked demonstrations by round 6,000 Kashmiri Pandit workers at varied locations. They demanded they be relocated outdoors the Valley.
However, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday made it clear the workers wouldn’t be moved out of the Valley however transferred to safer places.
The Centre transferred 177 Kashmiri Hindus from one place to a different in Kashmir solely, Kejriwal mentioned.
“BJP people uploaded that list on the social media. Now Kashmiri Pandits are saying that leaking the list is a sort of an invitation to terrorists. All Kashmiri Pandits are opposing this and asking why this list was leaked,” the chief minister mentioned.
The switch listing of 177 Kashmir Pandit lecturers is being circulated on WhatsApp and different social media platforms.
Kejriwal together with all those that attended the rally noticed a two-minute silence to pay a tribute to these killed by terrorists in Kashmir.
“When Kashmiri Pandits raise their voice to protest the killings, they are locked inside their localities. Kashmiri Pandits only want security and nothing else,” Kejriwal mentioned.
A girl trainer from Samba district of the Jammu area was shot lifeless by terrorists at a faculty in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on May 31. On May 18, terrorists entered a wine store in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and lobbed a grenade, killing one individual from Jammu and injuring three others.
Police constable Saifullah Qadri was shot lifeless outdoors his residence in Srinagar on May 24 and TV artiste Amreen Bhat was gunned down in Budgam two days later.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”