Kashmiri Pandits, Centre's Big Move, Cites "3 Decades Of Persecution"

The Centre is planning changes to the law to give representation to Kashmiri Pandits in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly.

Kashmiri Pandits will soon be nominated to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly so that they are well-represented in the state, sources said today.

The Centre is planning changes to the law to give representation to Kashmiri Pandits in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly.

Two members of the Kashmiri Pandit community will be nominated to the assembly. "Three decades of persecution and protecting the community's political rights" are the reasons cited for the move.

Changes to the Jammu and Kashmir reorganization law will be brought in parliament, sources said. The decision follows a wave of attacks on migrants earlier this year.