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| Panun Kashmir submits memorandum to PM seeking Genocide Recognition | | Separate Homeland |
Jammu, January 10 (Scoop News)- Kuldeep Raina, General Secretary of Panun Kashmir, has formally taken the organisation's long-standing demand for recognition of the Kashmiri Pandit genocide and establishment of a separate, secured homeland to the Prime Minister of India.
In a detailed memorandum addressed to Narendra Modi, Panun Kashmir has described the forced displacement of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in 1989 - 90 as one of the gravest crimes in independent India. The memorandum states that the community has lived in internal exile for over three and a half decades due to targeted killings, intimidation, religious cleansing and mass terror, followed by prolonged denial and policy paralysis.
The organisation has asserted that administrative reliefs and rehabilitation packages cannot substitute for what it terms two foundational acts of justice: statutory recognition of the Kashmiri Pandit genocide and the creation of a separate, secured homeland within Jammu and Kashmir under direct Union protection. Until these are achieved, the memorandum argues, measures such as relief, employment, housing and service-related benefits must be treated only as interim state obligations.
Reacting to the submission, Kuldeep Raina said the memorandum was a call for justice that could no longer be deferred. “For more than thirty-five years, our community has lived in enforced exile despite unwavering faith in the Republic. Recognition of genocide and establishment of a separate homeland are not optional demands; they are the moral and constitutional test of the Indian State. Until these are achieved, the State remains duty-bound to fully discharge its interim obligations towards genocide survivors,” he said.
The memorandum calls for enactment of the Genocide Bill proposed by Panun Kashmir in 2020, stating that the absence of a legal framework has allowed the crime to be diluted into issues of ‘disturbance’ or ‘migration’, denying victims legal recognition, accountability, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence. Closely linked to this is the demand for a separate homeland, which the organisation says is essential to ensure security, dignity and cultural survival in a post-genocide context. The demand, it notes, was first articulated in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991 and has been reaffirmed repeatedly over the past three decades.
In addition to these core demands, the memorandum lists a series of interim obligations, including enhancement of monthly relief for displaced families, a dedicated Central Government employment drive for genocide-affected youth, construction of 1,000 residential flats in Jammu for families still living in rented accommodation, comprehensive repair of existing camp housing, and parity in service conditions for employees appointed under the Prime Minister's Package.
The memorandum has also been forwarded for information to the Union Home Minister Union Finance Minister and the LG of UT of J&K.
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