[Reader-list] 'Kashmiri Pandits should be the ones running Amarnath Board'

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

Laughter is the best medicine.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul
<kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> LOL - ROFL
>
> Its just too funny.
>
> On 7/3/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> This is my third day in Srinagar and following the Delhi media on the
>> internet, it seems to me that not much has come out about the stand
>> taken by Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs who reside in the Valley. They
>> were supporting the demand to revoke the land transfer order! A
>> demonstration by Sikh leaders here was stopped by the police, but
>> demonstrations by Pandits in Jammu and Delhi, who always complain of
>> being ignored by the media, have been duly highlighted. This imbalance
>> is also reflected on the Reader-List.
>>
>> If anyone's voice is being marginalised in the media discourse, it is
>> that of communal harmony from the Valley, that of Sikhs and Pandits...
>> here is one report I found in that direction. Will post more.
>>
>> best
>> shivam
>>
>> o o o
>>
>> Keep politicians out of shrine board: PDP leader
>>
>> http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136527
>>
>> Senior PDP leader, Dr Roop Lal Sharma has advised that Shri Amarnath
>> Shrine Board affairs be handled by top journalists, lawyers, social
>> activists from Kashmiri Pandit community. He stressed that politicians
>> must be kept away from the Board..
>>
>> SENIOR PEOPLE'S Democratic Party (PDP) leader Dr Roop Lal Sharma has
>> expressed serious concern over the developments in Jammu and Kashmir
>> pertaining to the controversy on land transfer to Shri Amarnath Shrine
>> Board (SASB) and has demanded handing over of the Board to Kashmiri
>> Pandits for management.
>>
>> In a statement issued in Jammu, Dr Sharma has said that the
>> controversy has given a bad name to the state adding, it does not
>> augur well for the secular character of the state and the government
>> should act fast to resolve the issue before it snowballs into a major
>> communal flare-up.
>>
>> Dr Sharma has said that Amarnath shrine belongs to state, particularly
>> Kashmiri Pandits, who are the original inhabitants of the state and
>> the local population of the area, who had been managing the affairs of
>> the shrine for the past many decades.
>>
>> He said that only Kashmiri Pandits have the right to manage the
>> affairs of the shrine besides, the local population of Maliks of
>> Batkote so that the 'yatra' (pilgrimage) is not communalised by some
>> vested interests in the administration.
>>
>> Dr Sharma has also warned the communal elements within the Hindu and
>> the Muslim societies to refrain from giving the 'yatra' a communal
>> colour and has condemned the attack on tourists in Kashmir besides,
>> killing of a Kashmiri youth in the police firing in Kashmir.
>>
>> Elaborating further, Dr Sharma said that the affairs of the shrine
>> should be entrusted to select Kashmiri Pandits comprising known
>> journalists, lawyers and known social activists adding, the political
>> class should be kept at an arms length from the board.
>>
>> Dr Sharma also said that even Kashmiri Pandit leaders, who are
>> affiliated to various groups should be consulted but not given the
>> reins because that will further divide the community, thus harming the
>> interests
>>
>> Hailing the futuristic vision of the PDP patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed for
>> suggesting the handing over of the shrine to Kashmiri Pandits, Dr
>> Sharma said that the government must act fast on his suggestion
>> considering the fact that Sayeed has always proven right in his
>> assessment of the situations.
>>
>> Dr Sharma has also called for an end to violence and asked Muslim
>> brethren not to fall prey to some over zealous communalists who were
>> vitiating the secular character of Kashmiris, thereby damaging the
>> reputation the world over.
>>
>> He said such incidents would take the situation back to 1990s, thus
>> causing immense damage to the economy of the Kashmiris.
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