Kashmiri Pandits have started preparing for a mass exodus from the Valley. Afraid of terrorist attacks in Mattan of Anantnag on Thursday, Pandits are trying to go to Banihal (Jammu) with their belongings.
According to the information received from news agencies, the people of Mattan Pandit Colony have demanded security from the Anantnag Collector to go to Banihal. Here, in the Vaisu area of Anantnag too, Kashmiri Pandits are preparing to flee. The pundits told that they have packed the goods, but the security forces personnel are not allowing them to leave the camp. After the continuous incidents in the valley, Kashmiri Pandits had given an ultimatum to flee. Demonstrations of Pandits have been going on in Kashmir for 19 days.
30-40 families have left the city under the PM package in Jammu and Kashmir, employee Amit Kaul said that 'the situation is continuously deteriorating. Today 4 people have been murdered, and due to this 30-40 families have left the city. The government is not fulfilling our demand, there is no safe place in Srinagar.
The government failed to provide security, there will be a migration from tomorrow, Kashmiri Pandit Ranjan Joshi, living in Mattan, told us that our brothers are being shot every day. The government has failed to provide security. He said that from Friday we will start the migration, no matter how hard the government tries, it will not be able to stop it.
Another Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Kumar Bhanu is upset with the deteriorating security system. Kashmiri Pandits are shouting in the colonies - 'Mass migration is the only solution' i.e. bulk migration is the only solution.
Sanjay says that our only demand is that we should be allowed to leave for Jammu. We will see what to do next when the matter is stable. Government should provide us with the security to go to the Banihal tunnel. Sanjay told that this morning only 20-30 vehicles of Kashmiri Pandits have left for Jammu. If the situation does not improve, the migration will pick up further.
Taking a big decision amid target killing in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration has decided to transfer Hindu government employees. The Hindu employees were demanding that they be transferred to Jammu, but for the time being, the administration has made preparations to bring them to the district headquarters.
Protests continue over the murder of a Hindu teacher Rajni Bala in Kulgam. Angry protesters took to the streets on Wednesday as well, raising slogans of 'we want justice' during Rajini's last visit. High school teacher Rajni Bala was killed by terrorists in the Gopalpora area of Kulgam on Tuesday morning. 36-year-old Rajni was shot in the head. The teacher, a resident of Kulgam, died on the way to the hospital.
6 target killings in 21 days
In the last 20 days in Jammu and Kashmir, a case of 6 target killings has come to the fore. Rahul Bhat (Government Employee) in Budgam on May 12, Riyaz Ahmed Thakor (Policeman) in Pulwama on May 13, Saifullah Qadri (Constable) on May 24, Amrin Bhatt (TV Artist) on May 25 and Rajni Bala in Kulgam on May 31 (Teacher) was shot dead by the terrorists.
The biggest exodus of Kashmiri Pandits happened in 1990 The biggest exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley happened in 1990. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, 219 Kashmiri Pandits were killed in the attack in 1990, after which the exodus of Pandits started. According to an estimate, 1 lakh 20 thousand Kashmiri Pandits had migrated from the valley at that time.
The Modi-Shah duo has the agenda to solve the issues. They have to develop a good intelligence system about the activities, make use of the forces deployed, make use of the parliamentary power, etc. Maybe, they will solve the Kashmir issue, because they are capable of planning and executing them. But, these plans and actions will require the highest level of secrecy and cannot be published.
Doval’s contribution will be very important. Therefore, today's high-level meeting of Amit Shah on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is the second such meeting in less than a fortnight which is taking place amid the targeted killings by terrorists in the Valley. Doval is also expected to attend the meeting to be chaired by the Home Minister.
The meeting is taking place amid demonstrations demanding security by the Kashmiri Pandit community and some members of the community leaving the Valley after the target killings. Officials said that this year 12,000 additional paramilitary personnel are expected to be deployed on both the routes of the Amarnath Yatra, apart from the Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel.
The Kashmir Files is an Example
The Kashmir in which Kashmiri Pandits had been living for thousands of years. Which was once the land of Rishi Kashyap. Where there are rivers, there are mountains, there are carvings of nature, in the same Kashmir, the collective pyre was burnt. The 90s brought an era of barbarism in Kashmir, which has not been seen or heard before today.
Kashmiri Pandits were killed. Daughters were raped. Kashmiri Pandits had to leave their homes and wander from door to door. Three decades later, a film has come out, ' The Kashmir Files', which has rekindled this pain. You will be surprised to know that during that dreadful period, terrorists and fundamentalists together burnt the houses of 20 thousand Kashmiri Pandits. In Kashmir, 105 schools, colleges and 103 temples were demolished.