Congress demands white paper from Modi government on 'plight of Kashmiri Pandits'

Slamming the Centre, Congress Party media department head Pawan Khera asked if the government’s outreach programme visited any Kashmiri Pandits’ camp

The Congress on Thursday attacked the BJP over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir's Shopian district and demanded that the Modi government release a white paper on the plight of the minority community during its eight-year rule.

The opposition party also hit out at the BJP-led Centre over the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir and said the government must apologise for it.

As terrorists carried out a number of targeted killings recently, 10 Kashmiri Pandit families left their village, Choudharygund, in Shopian out of fear and reached Jammu, according to residents.

Members of the minority community, who have since been camping in Jammu, ruled out any plan to return to the Valley.

However, authorities in Shopian have attempted to put on a brave face by claiming no exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has taken place from the district.

Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress' media department head Pawan Khera said that when the first migration of Kashmiri Pandits took place in 1989, Mr. V. P. Singh's government was in office with the BJP's support.

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