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Jammu, April 3
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday expressed hope that the Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to desert their homes in the 1990s following ugly surge in terrorism would soon return back to their native places in the Kashmir valley.
“I have a feeling that the day is very near when the Kashmiri Pandits will come back to their homes and I wish that day comes soon,” said Dr Mohan Bhagwat while addressing the Kashmiri Hindu community via video conference on the last day of the Navreh celebrations here. He added that the work is on to create a conducive atmosphere so that they are never displaced again. The Sarsanghchalak said anyone harbouring the ill-motive of driving out the community again from Kashmir would have to face severe consequences.
He said that the Vivek Agnihotri directed ‘The Kashmir Files’ has revealed the true picture of the Kashmiri Pandits and their exodus in the 1990s from the Kashmir valley. “Today, every Indian knows about the truth of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits. This is the time that Kashmiri Pandits have to go back to their own homes in a way that they are never uprooted again in future,” the RSS Sarsanghchalak said, adding that the Kashmiri Pandits should take a resolve to return to their homeland, so the situation will change soon.
The Sanjeevani Sharda Kendra (SSK), Jammu, had organised a three-day programme that started on April 1 to celebrate the ‘Tyaag and Shaurya Divas’, urging the ‘Kashmiri Samaj’ to take a pledge to return to their homeland on the auspicious occasion of Navreh.
The SSK has been celebrating the ‘Navreh, Tyaag and Shaurya Divas’ with the community members and school children for several years while also organising seminars, essay writing and quiz competitions to highlight the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits, who dedicate the Navreh festival to their Goddess Sharika and pay homage to her during the festival.
