KASHMIRI PANDIT SANGARASH SAMITI
Sathu Barbar Shah, Srinagar, Kashmir (J&K) – 190001
email: kpss.kashmir@gmail.com
Press Release
(State Government is now fiddling with the Kashmiri Pandits Data,
false reports submitted in the State Assembly)
The recent statements given by the
representative of the ruling government on the floor of house has put us
in a great shock. We never expected that the State Government will even
fiddle with the data related to the Kashmiri Pandit Community. As we
can understand that if they do so in respect of the Majority Community
to satisfy their bosses in New Delhi, but to whom the State Government
want to satisfy that they concealed the gave the distorted the facts and
figures related to the Kashmiri Pandit Community.
In the year 2008 KPSS initiated a
Independent Census Program of the Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley
and visited every nook and corner of the State to collect the data
related to the Kashmiri Pandits viz-a-viz population (pre 1990 upto
31.03.2008), Killings, temples, health, jobs, financial status and other
important factors.
Population (Pre 1989 upto 31.03.2008) / Migration
| Sr. No. |
Time Period |
Kashmiri Pandit Population |
| In Kashmir Valley (families) |
Migration (families) |
%age |
| 1 |
Till 01.01.1990 |
75,343 |
- |
- |
| 2 |
01.01.1990 – 31.08.1990 |
40,741 |
34,602 |
45.93 |
| 3 |
01.09.1990 – 31.03.1992 |
6,460 |
34,281 |
84.14 |
| 4 |
01.04.1992 – 31.03.1998 |
3,773 |
2,687 |
41.59 |
| 5 |
01.04.1998 – 31.03.2008 |
651 |
3,122 |
82.74 |
| Total |
74,692 |
99.14 |
These figures reveal that out of
75,343 (3,67,289 souls) families; 74,692 (3,64.130 souls i.e. 99.14%)
families of Kashmiri Pandits living in Valley opted for migration from
time to time. These figures also reveal that the KP population in the
Valley is still draining out and obviously, it is not the security
reason. This clearly indicates that the State and Central Government
have failed in restoring their faith in the Community and nothing
positive has been done to stop this effectively.
What about those who didn’t got
themselves as registered with the State / Central Government and were
also forced to leave the valley from time to time. That means that the
State Government is not going to own them back if the normalcy prevails
in this part of the World.
Presently the Census done by the KPSS reveals that there are 651 families at 104 places living in the Valley having than 2756 souls by the end of March, 2008.
On the contrary Government claims that 808 Kashmiri Pandit families are still in Valley.
Kashmiri Pandit Killing
As per the report of the Government 219* Kashmiri Pandits have been killed during the past 20 years by the militants.
But as per the information so accured
by the KPSS, hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits were killed during the past 20
years and the first list of 403 persons has been identified those who
have been killed by the militants.
Even the cases related to the
massacres have been closed by the State Government on the want of
evidence. For which KPSS has already filed a compliant before State
Human Rights Commission.
Temples
As per the State Government report only 170 out of 430 temples have been damaged in the militancy related incidents in Kashmir Valley past 20 years. It also said that out of 170 temples 90 have been renovated with costs Rs.33.00 lacs to the State Government.
But, as on 31.03.2008, during the
census programme KPSS came across 665 temples which have been damaged
due to the militancy related incidents during past 20 years. And we ask
State Government to just publish the list of temples that they claim to
have been renovated during the past 20 years alongwith the cost incurred
on each temple.
All the figures so given by the State
Government representative on the floor of House is very un-realistic and
smells some conspiracy against the Kashmiri Pandit Community.
KPSS is going to organize a series of
seminars on these issues in the coming days against the false propaganda
of State / Central Government so that the world community can
understand the malafide intentions of State / Central Government against
this miniscule Community.
Sanjay K. Tickoo
President
Ph : +91-9906564741
* The so called official figures of
number of pandits killed is dsiputed and have not accepted by Pandit
community. The community feels the figures are not correct .
