03-20-2005, 05:45 AM
Kashmiri Samiti opposes grant of autonomy to J-K:
[India News]: Mumbai, Mar 13 : Arguing that the separatist "ruse of
Kashmiriyat" would get strengthened if Jammu and Kashmir was granted
greater autonomy, an organisation for displaced Kashmiri Pandits has
opposed revival of talks on the issue.
"This move would only strengthen the hands of separatists whose
ultimate objective is to de-link Kashmir from India," Kashmiri Samiti
president Sunil Shakdher said in a statement here today.
"The notion of 'Kashmiriyat' is a ruse by separatists to equate Islam
with it. There have lately been some noises among some local Muslim
leaders that Kashmiri Pandits should come back. This is only for
public consumption. Privately, they say that if the Pandits return
they would have to join the struggle for `Azadi' (freedom)," Shakdher
said.
"The position today is that Kashmir is without the Kashmiri Pandits.
All talk of existence of a multi-cultural ambience is a farce
designed to hoodwink national and international public opinion," he
said.
Kashmiri Pandits have demanded a separate homeland within the
territory of Kashmir province, centrally administered under the
Constitution of India, after detailed deliberations and inputs from
the ground, Shakdher said. PTI
[India News]: Mumbai, Mar 13 : Arguing that the separatist "ruse of
Kashmiriyat" would get strengthened if Jammu and Kashmir was granted
greater autonomy, an organisation for displaced Kashmiri Pandits has
opposed revival of talks on the issue.
"This move would only strengthen the hands of separatists whose
ultimate objective is to de-link Kashmir from India," Kashmiri Samiti
president Sunil Shakdher said in a statement here today.
"The notion of 'Kashmiriyat' is a ruse by separatists to equate Islam
with it. There have lately been some noises among some local Muslim
leaders that Kashmiri Pandits should come back. This is only for
public consumption. Privately, they say that if the Pandits return
they would have to join the struggle for `Azadi' (freedom)," Shakdher
said.
"The position today is that Kashmir is without the Kashmiri Pandits.
All talk of existence of a multi-cultural ambience is a farce
designed to hoodwink national and international public opinion," he
said.
Kashmiri Pandits have demanded a separate homeland within the
territory of Kashmir province, centrally administered under the
Constitution of India, after detailed deliberations and inputs from
the ground, Shakdher said. PTI