I apologise for failing Kashmiri Pandits in 1990: NC’s Aga Ruhullah Mehdi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

I apologise for failing Kashmiri Pandits in 1990: NC’s Aga Ruhullah Mehdi

The Hindu  

National Conference candidate Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, contesting from the Srinagar-Budgam seat, on April 29 apologised to Kashmir Pandits for the party’s failure to stop their migration in the wake of growing militancy in the 1990s. “It was the grim and beyond-control situation that drove Kashmiri Pandits away from Kashmir and not us. The NC leader said his party wanted to see “a dignified return of Kashmiri Pandits to the place of origins”. “How many Pandits were brought back to Kashmir by the BJP to their birth places?

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BJP Dominates Jammu, But Congress Falls Short of Expectations
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP Dominates Jammu, But Congress Falls Short of Expectations

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single-largest party in the Jammu Division, winning 29 out of 43 seats in the Assembly polls. The party's strong performance in Jammu was attributed to the 'Modi Magic' factor, which resonated with voters who were against the National Conference's (NC) agenda to restore Article 370. The Congress's individual performance hit an all-time …

BJP's Return to Power in Haryana: A National Turning Point
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP's Return to Power in Haryana: A National Turning Point

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has returned to power in Haryana, marking a significant comeback for the party in the state. The victory is seen as a boost to the party's morale and a reaffirmation of its dominance in the state. The outcome also has wider implications for Indian politics, as it could set a precedent for other states to …

Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control
3 months, 1 week ago

Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule. “There is a desperate need to end the onslaught of changes coming from there.” India wants to keep Kashmir under direct rule Indian security forces walk past Indian flags and flags of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as a motorcycle rally by …

Kashmiri Pandits vote for ‘dignified return’ to their native land
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Kashmiri Pandits vote for ‘dignified return’ to their native land

Hindustan Times  

Hounded out of Kashmir over three decades ago, the internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits on Saturday cast their votes at 34 polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi with a hope to return to their native land. For the past over 34 years we have been living like refugees, but we have been taking part in the electoral process with a …

Scores of Kashmiri Pandits find names missing from election roll, return without voting
7 months, 1 week ago

Scores of Kashmiri Pandits find names missing from election roll, return without voting

Hindustan Times  

Several internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu on Monday had to return home without casting their votes for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat after finding their names missing from the electoral roll. A woman voter Anjali Raina also expressed regrets over the recurrent malady, saying “Every election, Kashmiri Pandits, who have already been hounded out of their homes, face this …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Events of August 5, 2019 have left Kashmiris regretting accession: NC candidate
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Events of August 5, 2019 have left Kashmiris regretting accession: NC candidate

The Hindu  

National Conference candidate Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi filed his nomination papers for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. He used the occasion to refer to August 5, 2019, as “a black day for those who supported the Instrument of Accession” in J&K. Moral compass Mr. Mehdi has emerged as a moral compass for the NC after the Centre downgraded …

SAD fields Hindu faces from Amritsar, Patiala, looks to go beyond Panthic image, emerge as ‘voice of Punjab’
8 months ago

SAD fields Hindu faces from Amritsar, Patiala, looks to go beyond Panthic image, emerge as ‘voice of Punjab’

Hindustan Times  

The move by Shiromani Akali Dal to field two Hindu faces at Sikh-dominated Parliament constituencies is being seen as a step to emphasise its credentials as a regional party, representative of the people in Punjab, and filing the fault line that Akali Dal is a Sikh oriented panthic party. TheShiromani Akali Dal has fielded a former leader of Bharatiya Janata …

BJP used Kashmiri Pandits' pain as 'weapon' to garner votes across India, says Mehbooba Mufti
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP used Kashmiri Pandits' pain as 'weapon' to garner votes across India, says Mehbooba Mufti

The Hindu  

The BJP has used the Kashmiri Pandit community's pain and suffering as a "weapon" to garner votes across the country, People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged on April 9. It has used the pain of the Kashmiri Pandits as a weapon and then used that weapon to garner the votes of others," she alleged. "The Pandit community does not …

Rahul Gandhi promises caste census, slams BJP’s hate politics in Chhattisgarh rallies
10 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi promises caste census, slams BJP’s hate politics in Chhattisgarh rallies

The Hindu  

Describing caste census as a pivotal step towards delivering social justice in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he was determined to conduct it in the country. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the caste census, Mr. Gandhi, whose Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed in Chhattisgarh after a two-day break, said that Mr. Modi was not conducting …

Anand K. Sahay | Kashmir still plagued by undercurrents of crisis
2 years ago

Anand K. Sahay | Kashmir still plagued by undercurrents of crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

Many Kashmiri Pandits who didn’t leave the Valley even in the high noon of terrorism in the early 1990s are now leaving, slowly. The killing of Pandits on a regular basis since 2021 -- with the government at a loss to understand what’s going on -- has taken its toll. When on August 5, 2019 the Narendra Modi government dropped …

A dangerous drift in Kashmir
2 years, 4 months ago

A dangerous drift in Kashmir

The Hindu  

The policies and political projects being pursued by the BJP-led central government in Jammu and Kashmir post-August 5, 2019 — when the erstwhile State’s seven decades-long special constitutional position came to an end — have put unarmed and innocent civilians in the crosshairs of armed militants in Kashmir like never before. For many in the BJP, a cosmopolitan Kashmir may …

Kashmiri Pandits in J&K blame Narendra Modi government for targeted attacks
2 years, 6 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits in J&K blame Narendra Modi government for targeted attacks

The Hindu  

Published : May 29, 2022 06:00 IST When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the podium in Samba on April 24, he enumerated to his rapt audience a slew of government measures, which, he said, would uplift Jammu and Kashmir’s young people from a life of despair and inadequacy. Modi’s first visit to Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of its …

Kashmiri Pandits will return to their homeland on own conditions soon: Mohan Bhagwat
2 years, 8 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits will return to their homeland on own conditions soon: Mohan Bhagwat

India TV News  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the time has come for Kashmiri Pandits to fulfil the pledge of returning to their homes in Kashmir. Addressing Kashmiri pandits virtually on the last day of the three-day ‘Navreh’ celebrations on Sunday, he said that Kashmiri Pandits should settle in the Valley in a way that nobody can dare to …

'The Kashmir Files': Kerala Congress tweets 'facts', blames BJP for Kashmiri Pandits' exodus
2 years, 9 months ago

'The Kashmir Files': Kerala Congress tweets 'facts', blames BJP for Kashmiri Pandits' exodus

India TV News  

Highlights Kerala Congress tweeted more Muslims than Pandits killed in Kashmir It said Kashmiri Pandits left Kashmir 'under the direction of then Guv Jagmohan who was an RSS man' 'The Kashmir Files' depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus after violence in late 80s Congress appears to be embroiled in a major controversy involving the film 'The Kashmir Files'. In a …

'Congress doesn't understand history': BJP responds to criticism over Kashmiri Pandits
2 years, 9 months ago

'Congress doesn't understand history': BJP responds to criticism over Kashmiri Pandits

India TV News  

Highlights Kerala Congress tweeted more Muslims than Pandits killed in Kashmir It said Kashmiri Pandits left Kashmir 'under the direction of then Guv Jagmohan who was an RSS man' 'The Kashmir Files' depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus after violence in late 80s The Bharatiya Janata Party has hit back at the Congress over its remarks on Kashmiri Pandits. "Congress …

Whether It is 1990 or 2021, Pandits Remain the Soft Targets in Kashmir
3 years, 1 month ago

Whether It is 1990 or 2021, Pandits Remain the Soft Targets in Kashmir

News 18  

“Kashmir remains unsafe for the Hindus even after three decades of our exodus. In his recent article, “In Valley, no return to ’90s”, Amitabh Mattoo, former Cabinet-level advisor to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, argues that the recent targeted killings of the minorities in Kashmir may open up a new window …

Not All Kashmiri Hindus are Kashmiri Pandits, Rules HC, Legal Challenge Likely
3 years, 3 months ago

Not All Kashmiri Hindus are Kashmiri Pandits, Rules HC, Legal Challenge Likely

News 18  

Not all Kashmiri Hindus are Kashmiri Pandits, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh said in a significant judgment on Tuesday, dismissing a petition that sought to include Kashmiri Hindus in a government recruitment drive. “Kashmiri Pandits is a separately identifiable community distinct from other Hindus residing in the Valley like Rajputs, Brahmins other than Kashmiri Pandits, Scheduled …

J&K issues Gandhi family's legacy: BJP slams Rahul Gandhi reaching out to Kashmiri Pandits
3 years, 3 months ago

J&K issues Gandhi family's legacy: BJP slams Rahul Gandhi reaching out to Kashmiri Pandits

India TV News  

The BJP on Friday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for accusing it and the RSS of "trying to break the composite culture of Jammu and Kashmir", alleging all vexing issues of the region are the "legacy of the Gandhi family". Astonishingly, Rahul Gandhi "very conveniently forgot that the woes of the Kashmiri Pandits were because of the politics …

I belong to family of Kashmiri Pandits, will show BJP how to help the community: Rahul Gandhi in Jammu
3 years, 3 months ago

I belong to family of Kashmiri Pandits, will show BJP how to help the community: Rahul Gandhi in Jammu

India TV News  

From asking the crowd to chant 'Jai Mata Di' to calling himself a Kashmiri Pandit, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sought to establish a connect with locals as he addressed a public gathering in Jammu on Friday. Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, said he belongs to a family of Kashmiri Pandits, adding that he would help …

Opinion: This is What Has Changed in Kashmir Since August 5, 2019
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: This is What Has Changed in Kashmir Since August 5, 2019

News 18  

This August 6 marks the second anniversary of the unprecedented constitutional and administrative changes that took place in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir in the wake of abrogation of Articles 370 & 35A of the Constitution of India. It is important to understand that a tiny elite comprising upper caste Kashmiri Muslims from rich Kashmiri Pandit Brahmin families …

Govt working to ensure honourable resettlement of Kashmiri migrants in valley: J&K BJP
3 years, 4 months ago

Govt working to ensure honourable resettlement of Kashmiri migrants in valley: J&K BJP

India TV News  

The Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is working on ways to ensure honourable resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP said on Wednesday. The statement comes amid resentment within the Kashmiri Pandit community over Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi suggesting that they were to blame for their failure to return to the valley. However, he …

For a fresh beginning in Jammu and Kashmir
3 years, 5 months ago

For a fresh beginning in Jammu and Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

He is our prime minister, we have to trust him. If you lose faith in the institution of dialogue, in a place like Kashmir, an alternative to it will be violence.” These are the words of Sajjad Lone, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s all-party meet with leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on …

BJP surrendered to Kashmir parties: Jammu outfits up in arms over no invitation to PM Modi's meeting
3 years, 6 months ago

BJP surrendered to Kashmir parties: Jammu outfits up in arms over no invitation to PM Modi's meeting

India Today  

Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir all-party meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24, a massive controversy has erupted over the non-inclusion of some political parties from the Jammu region. Displaced Kashmiri Pandits who were driven out of their homes in Kashmir Valley by terrorists have also been snubbed," Dogra Front president Ashok Gupta said. …

Anand K Sahay | After DDC: Will Centre further alienate J&K?
3 years, 11 months ago

Anand K Sahay | After DDC: Will Centre further alienate J&K?

Deccan Chronicle  

Propaganda apart, the result of the recent District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir cannot have pleased the Narendra Modi government. This was the first proper test of popular endorsement in J&K after the willful destruction by the Centre of the erstwhile state’s constitutional autonomy in August 2019, imbuing the elections with more than ordinary significance. Indeed, the BJP …

Kashmir parties opposed to Modi win seats in local polls
4 years ago

Kashmir parties opposed to Modi win seats in local polls

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An alliance of political parties opposed to India's policies in …

Kashmir parties opposed to Modi win seats in local polls
4 years ago

Kashmir parties opposed to Modi win seats in local polls

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — An alliance of political parties opposed to India’s policies in Kashmir has won a majority of seats in local elections, the first since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s semiautonomous status and took direct control last year. Modi’s party flew some of its top national leaders to the troubled region and organized dozens of rallies to bolster …

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