Centre, UT lack will to bring back Kashmiri Pandits: Sanjay Tickoo
The Hindu
Critical of the Central rule, he warns that tactics adopted were likely to delay return of Pandits
Kashmiri Pandit leader Sanjay Tickoo, who heads the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), on Wednesday said there was lack of will both on the part of the Union Territory (UT) administration as well as the Central government to bring back migrant Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley, as the members of the community observed 32nd year of their displacement.
“Neither the Lieutenant Governor’s administration nor the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) or the Prime Minister’s Office show seriousness to bring back migrant Kashmiri Pandits. They lack the will,” Mr. Tickoo, who was shifted to a safe location in Srinagar for around months last year in the face of deterioration of the security situation in the Valley, told The Hindu.
The Centre has ruled Jammu and Kashmir directly for nearly four years, ever since the in 2018 and further strengthened its grip following the . But the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homeland remains an unachieved goal.