‘Centre should hold negotiations with all stakeholders in J&K’

“Kashmir is neither a Muslim preserve,nor is it a no-man’s land and therefore,negotiations should be held even with those belonging to different regions,’’ they said,adding that the Government of India has no mandate to convert it into a Muslim preserve. Describing separatist movement in Valley as negation of all fundamental rights. In this connection,they said that Indian freedom envisaged by transfer of power in India did not give any community,any people or even any ethnic or religious identity the right to divide India.

Asking the Centre and the political leaders in the country to recognize the necessity to save sovereignty and integrity of Indian nation in Jammu Kashmir,the Panun Kashmir leaders reiterated their demand for a separate home land with Union Territory status for Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley. “The creation of a Centrally administered territory in Kashmir province,situated in the north and east of river Jehlum,for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Hindus,has become an imperative necessity,’’ they added.

They said that Panun Kashmir recognizes that all the variants of separatism in Jammu and Kashmir are bereft of any commitment to the right to equality,the right to freedom and liberty and the right to protection against discrimination. Pointing out that it recognizes separatist movement in Kashmir as negation of all fundamental rights,both the Panun Kashmir leaders called upon all patriotic people of the state and the country to support creation of a separate home land with UT status for Kashmiri Pandits within the Valley.