Composite township plan for KPs unjustified: Hurriyat (G)

Terming as “unjustified” the “rigidness” of the Government of India on the setting up of the composite township for the migrant Kashmiri Pandits, the Hurriyat Conference (G) today cautioned that the “division” of Kashmiris on religious lines and isolation of the Pandits from the society would not be allowed.
Rejecting the statement of the union minister of state (MoS) for Home Hari bhai Parathi bhai Chaudhary in the Parliament that the plan of establishing the separate townships for the Kashmiri migrant Pandits in the valley is still under consideration and the state government has been asked for the identification of land for the purpose, the Hurriyat spokesman, in a statement today, said, “We are in no way against the return and rehabilitation of the Pandit community in the Valley but the Indian government and its policy makers want to play a very dangerous game under this garb and they not only want to divide the Kashmiri society on the religious lines but they also want to harm the freedom struggle of the Kashmiris.”
“Kashmir issue is not about any Hindu-Muslim dispute but the people of this land are demanding their right to self determination for last seven decades. India, however, wants to mislead the international community by portraying this struggle as communal issue and the establishment of the separate Composite Townships for the Pandits is part of this plan.”
“The proposed composite townships will act as safe zones for the communal agents and the Sang Parivar people and there is every possibility of misusing of these safe zones.
“India is working from a long time now to change the demography of Jammu & Kashmir and is leaving no stone unturned to change the Muslim majority state into a Hindu state.
“In the name of rehabilitation of homeless people, the nomadic people from many parts of India are proposed to be settled here. Veiled attempts are being made to permanently settle the West Pakistani refugees in the state. A room is being created for the settlement of non-state people in the name of issuing of Dogra certificates,” it said.
The party said a plan to setup colonies for the retired Indian army personals is under consideration of the government and in the name of rehabilitation of the migrant Pandit families, a plan is being made to settle the “communal minded people in these safe homes.”
“Besides, a large number of non-state labors are being settled in Jammu & Kashmir whose population has surpassed the five lakh mark and most of them don’t leave in winters. Many evidences and proofs are coming from different parts of the state that many non-state labors have been issued election cards and ration cards. This all is being done to change state’s demography,” the spokesman said, adding that “The only purpose of changing the demography of this Muslim majority state is that if someday under the international pressure India will have to hold referendum here, this demographic change will come to its rescue.”