We are ignored, say Pandits in Kashmir

Report speaks of alienation among community members who remain in Valley

A report prepared by the Concerned Citizens’ Group, led by former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha, has said Kashmiri Pandits, who did not migrate from the Kashmir Valley even at the peak of militancy, “were being continuously ignored in the plans of the government for the economic rehabilitation of the community.” “Blaming the Bharatiya Janta (BJP) Party for their woes, the Kashmiri Pandit representative said that it used the plight of the Pandits in every election, including in the ongoing West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. However, it does nothing for them, especially for those who never migrated out of the Valley even in the worst of times,” the report said. The report said Kashmiri Pandits have become very insecure in the last few years and “fear they could be targets of a false flag operation before the next general election in India.”