Pandits clash over township project

Opposing the proposed move of the state Government, Jammu Kashmir Vichar Manch state president Ashokji Kanghan said the satellite township meant the Government had no plans to ensure the return of the displaced community in the long run.

8220;We want that instead of constructing the township here, the Government should construct the same in the Kashmir Valley, so that people wanting to return to the Valley, can do so as soon as possible8221;, he said.

Differing from the stand of the Panun Kashmir factions, Kashmiri Pandit Sabha president T N Khosa said the Government should construct the township on the outskirts of Srinagar so that the displaced community could return there.

8220;We are not against the construction of the two rooms sets here, but the state Government should ensure that these are temporary sets. We want the Government to make it clear that this project will not come in the way of the return of the displaced community to the Kashmir Valley,8221; he said.