Panun Kashmir organized a Press Conference at Jammu today to address the socio-political scenario in the state. The Press Conference was addressed by S/Shri Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, President, Panun Kashmir, Prof. M.L.Raina, Chairman, Political Affairs Committee and Virender Raina, National Spokesperson-PK.
Shri Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, President, Panun Kashmir while addressing the press conference said that Panun Kashmir expresses its deep appreciation of the efforts put in by the valiant security forces in Jammu and Kashmir state to eliminate the menace of terrorism. The security grid that has been made operational for cleansing the valley of the scourge of terror is doing an excellent work with the cooperation of Army, paramilitary forces and the JK Police. It is heartening to note that the campaign is yielding the necessary results for which the peace loving society in Jammu and Kashmir was yearning since long. Now the time has come to simultaneously start the process of de-radicalization of the Kashmir society and the recent NIA raids and investigations are a step in the right direction. The fight against the ‘dirty war’ in Kashmir needs to be taken to the logical conclusion and in this context, the steps taken have instilled confidence in the minds of Kashmiri Pandits who have been living in exile for the last three decades. Panun Kashmir reiterates the demand of Homeland for seven lakh Hindus of Kashmir as per the Historic Margdarshan Resolution of 1991.
Prof. M.L.Raina, Chairman, Political Affairs Committee said that it is time for the government of India to consider the issue of abrogation of Article 370 from the Indian Constitution. This Article of the Constitution infringes the fundamental rights of the Indian citizens in context of Jammu and Kashmir State in many ways. It is this Article that has provided a constitutional mechanism to perpetuate the concept of secession in the J&K State and which justifies a psychological drift from the national mainstream giving rise to absurd theories of sub-nationalism in Kashmir. This constitutional aberration has created a state within a state in Jammu and Kashmir which has further deprived its citizens from the developmental circuit evolved by the Central government for all the states.
Shri Virender Raina, National Spokesperson, PK said that the coinage of the so-called Kashmiryat is a deliberate attempt to hoodwink the public opinion because of the fact that it actually delinks Kashmir from its glorious past, ancient history, civilization and the cultural tradition. Moreover, the people of Jammu, Ladakh and the community of Kashmiri Pandits have to do nothing with this facade of Kashmiryat. All of them owe their allegiance to the Indianness, Indian cultural ethos and the Indian constitution. The grand design of Muslim precedence cannot be saddled upon the nationalist people in Jammu and Kashmir under the garb of Kashmiryat. There is an urgent need for discussion and debate on the subject as to how the people who do not subscribe to the ongoing strife in Kashmir can be freed from the clutches of Kashmir centric political class who day in and day out obey the dictation of the separatist-fundamentalist-terr orist combine in Kashmir. The government of India needs to take a tough stand to instill confidence in the nationalist forces in the state and pave way for some tough political decisions preceded by a strong change of narrative in context of Kashmir towards which the present scenario can play a vital role.
