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

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

But Aditya is the one laughing!

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> You need it.
>
> On 7/5/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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