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

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Certainly not beyond the four walls of Sarai.

On 8/4/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
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> My claims certainly pale beyond yours, I humbly submit
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Yeah; because SHIVAM says so.....
>>  On 8/4/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
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>> > 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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