Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said movies on celebrities and major events after independence should be made, just like the Kashmir Files. Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's latest release "The Kashmir Files", is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990, as a film with universal appeal.
The Kashmir Files, based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the northern erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, is being received well across the nation. Its screening has been made tax free across many states of India.
During a discussion on the budget, Congress, TMC and other parties alleged that the government has not been able to achieve the objectives it set out while abrogating Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded the early restoration of statehood.
Earlier, Congress Party's Kerela unit in a tweet on its official Twitter handle had claimed that more Muslims were killed in Jammu and Kashmir during 1990-2007 than Kashmiri Pandits.
Kerala Congress alleged that the issue of Kashmiri Pandits 'suit BJP's propaganda to create a fake outrage for electoral gain'.
Nearly 3,000 Kashmiri Pandit employees recruited under the prime minister's special recruitment package have been appointed in the valley since 2010.
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra, in a press conference, alleged the Congress, for its petty vote bank politics, sacrificed not only the Kashmiri Pandits but also the development of the region.
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Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, said he belongs to a family of Kashmiri Pandits, adding that he would help the community.
BJP J&K general secretary Ashok Koul claimed he saw Kashmiri Pandits performing 'Hawans' on the holy festival of Navratri
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Shikara script writers Abhijat Joshi, Rahul Pandita graced the special show about Kashmiri Pandits on India TV and recall their traumatic experiences.
The Kashmiri Pandits in Mumbai got a treat when a special screening of VVC's film Shikara took place. Sharing an incident about her mother, Chopra said, "My mother came here for the premiere of 'Parinda' with one suitcase but could not return.
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The ministry had last month decided that the concessions available for Kashmiri migrants will also be available to non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits or Kashmiri Hindu families, for admission into higher educational institutions in other parts of the country from the 2020-21 academic session.
The concessions granted to the students include relaxation in cut-off percentage up to 10 per cent subject to minimum eligibility requirement, increase in intake capacity up to five per cent in each course and reservation of at least one seat in merit quota in technical and professional institutions.
Just as one of the Kashmiri Pandits recited a shloka, PM Modi uttered something that you too must hear out.
A group of Kashmiri Pandits have written to the government seeking its permission to visit Jammu and Kashmir and meet the political and religious leaders as well as civil society activists there to promote peace and amity in the Valley.
People were seen carrying tricolours and posters that read, "J&K is our motherland... India is our nation" and sang patriotic songs during the rally. The Kashmiri Pandits told personal stories of how they were driven out of their ancestral homeland back in 1989-1990 due to militancy.
July 13 is observed as Martyrs' Day in Kashmir as on this day in 1931, 22 people were killed in firing by the forces of Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said the primary objective of the BJP in Kashmir was peace, but the establishment of peace was incidental to elimination of terrorism.
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