[Reader-list] Stay Away,Pandits Told-Telegraph

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Yeah; because SHIVAM says so.....
On 8/4/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:

> This is clearly a fringe view in the Valley. The Hizb hardly has any
> presence left for its warnings to be taken seriously
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:44 AM, rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Stay away, Pandits told
> >  OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
> >
> > http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080804/jsp/nation/story_9643825.jsp
> >
> > *Srinagar, Aug. 3:* Hizb-ul Mujahideen founder Ahsan Dar has announced
> his
> > return from Muzaffarabad to join the jihad, with a warning to the exiled
> > Kashmiri Pandit community not to return home.
> >
> > A CD containing his statement was distributed among some media agencies
> in
> > Kashmir. In it, he has asked the Pandits not to return to the Valley
> unless
> > New Delhi solves the Kashmir issue.
> >
> > "I will advise Kashmiri Pandits not to take a foolish step to return to
> the
> > Valley. And those leaders who have sympathy with the Pandits' return,
> leave
> > Kashmir and stay with them in Jammu," Dar said.
> >
> > Dar had founded the Hizb in 1989 but was dislodged a year later by Syed
> > Salahuddin and forced to set up a new militant group by the name of
> Muslim
> > Mujahideen.
> >
> > He was arrested in the early 1990s and released after spending several
> years
> > behind bars.
> >
> > "In the late 1990s, he left for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir again and, if
> the
> > reports about his return are true, then he is back in the Valley after
> > around a decade," a police official said.
> >
> > Dar had differences with the Jamat-e-Islami, which had then declared the
> > Hizb its militant wing. This led to his ouster and replacement by Syed
> > Salahuddin. A teacher by profession, he belongs to the Pattan area of
> south
> > Kashmir.
> >
> > "The Kashmir issue concerns 1.2 crore Muslims of the state and it does
> not
> > revolve around Kashmiri Pandits alone. Nobody talks of Muslim migrants
> > living in Azad Kashmir and we believe when the issue of 1.2 crore will be
> > resolved, we can then think about Kashmiri Pandits," Dar said.
> >
> > This is in marked contrast to the statement of other separatist leaders
> who
> > are encouraging Kashmiri Pandits to return.
> >
> > Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in April set the stage for the return of
> > Kashmiri migrant Pandits to their homes and announced a package estimated
> at
> > Rs 1,600 crore, which included Rs 7.5 lakh for rebuilding houses,
> > identifying land and providing the unemployed Pandit youths with jobs.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rashneek Kher
> > Wandhama Massacre-The Forgotten Human Tragedy
> > http://www.kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com
> > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
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