Farooq Abdullah said that it is time for the Kashmiri Pandits who had to flee their homes due to terrorism in the Valley to return to their homes.
In its election manifesto for Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it will launch a new scheme for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. The Union Territory is witnessing the Assembly elections after a gap of 10 years.
At present, the Apni Party have described the return of Pandits as a priority in their manifestos. BJP is already working on many plans for the return of Pandits. PDP has also stated that the valley is incomplete without Pandits.
BJP leader Girdhari Lal Raina questions Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha-led administration's effort to address Kashmiri pandit's issues.
The Kashmiri Pandits rehabilitated under the PM's special package as well as the Reserved Category employees posted in the valley have been staging demonstrations in Jammu while demanding transfer to 'secure' places outside Kashmir in the wake of some terror attacks.
The PM package Pandit employees deployed in Kashmir left the Valley after a series of terror attacks targeting them. The government appealed to them to return to work but they refused expressing concerns over their safety.
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Kashmiri Pandit groups continued their months-long protest against the government over selected killings of their members, and demanded the constitution of a committee under Union Home Minister Amit Shah to 'formulate and implement' their rehabilitation.
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J&K News: The number of Kashmiri Pandits killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir during the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, are 1, 4 and 1 respectively, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha.
J&K News: "Under the Prime Minister's Development Package (PMDP), 5,502 Kashmiri Pandits have been provided government jobs in different departments of Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir in the valley," said Rai in a written reply.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray stated that it is disturbing for him to see such a large number of pandits running away from their home even after they were assured safety on return to their homeland.
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The duo had received critical gunshot injuries and were immediately shifted to hospital for the treatment of their injuries. However, one of the injured Dilkhush has succumbed to his injuries whereas the condition of other injured is stated to be stable, J&K Police said.
Terrorists shot dead a bank employee from Rajasthan inside the bank premises in Kashmir’s Kulgam district today morning.
In the last meeting on June 17, the home minister had advocated pro-active and coordinated counter-terror operations and had asked security forces to ensure zero cross-border infiltration and wipe out terrorism from the union territory.
According to reports, this process is expected to be completed by June 6. In the past few months, several targeted killings have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir.
His remarks come a day after school teacher Renu Bala was gunned down near her school in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam by terrorists.
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