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

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

A miscalculated move by the CM of J & K to appease hindus in India in view of the general elections which are few months away, by "giving" land to Amarnath Shrine Board, then underestimating the ruthless nature of soft face of Hizb, the muftis, Sayeed and his daughter, Mehbooba, a nominated Home minister of centre, Shivraj Patil, a nominated Defence Minister AK Antony and a nominated PM, Manmohan Singh who are far removed from the aspirations of aam admi, all have contributed to this game of divisive politics.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, August 4, 2008 9:45 am
Subject: [Reader-list] Stay Away,Pandits Told-Telegraph
To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>

>  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 
> exiledKashmiri 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 
> SyedSalahuddin 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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