Jammu November 18:(KNS) Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP and Kashmiri Pandit leader and Incharge: Deptt of Political Affairs and Feedback, J&K-BJP met the Lt. Governor, J&K Shri Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan Jammu today.
In his meeting, he presented the following memorandum to the LG and also presented two books, "Mission Accomplished" and "Adv. P.N.Bhat, A symbol of struggle & sacrifice" to the honourable Lt. Governor.
Memorandum presented to the Hon'ble Lt. Governor, J&KThis is to bring to your kind notice that the undersigned had a series of meetings with your predecessors on important issues of concern. In order to give all the issues a new lifeline, it would be proper to put them before your Excellency seriatum:
1. I had a weeklong tour of Kashmir valley (north, south and central) recently and have prepared a general feedback report. The same report has been published by a leading newspaper of J&K today. I enclose here the report for your information and perusal please.
2. It is true that the time for the resettlement of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community in the Kashmir valley hasn't come yet, but as a matter of preparedness, the following two preludes could be taken up immediately for implementation paving way for the next goal:
a) As it was pursued earlier as well, the time for taking a bold and right step regarding issuing an Ordinance in connection with the Kashmir Hindu Temples and Shrines Bill has come. In order to protect, preserve and promote the ten thousand years old civilizational legacy of Kashmir, an appropriate Ordinance covering the objectives of the Bill may be now promulgated and a Board accordingly constituted to manage the affairs of the new mechanism. This will go a long way to build the necessary confidence to move ahead in Kashmir regarding the restoration of faith to re-establish the Hindu community back in the valley, eventually.
b) The National Human Rights Commission's Court with Justice M.N.Venkatachaliah in the chair flanked by Justice V.S.Malimath and Virendra Dayal as the members, pronounced its decision after six years of the first memorandum submitted in 1994 by the undersigned. The NHRC delivered its final decision on the core issue of “genocide” of the Kashmiri Pandit community. The order unequivocally said that "the crimes committed against the Kashmiri Pandits are, by any yardstick, deserving of the strongest condemnation. And there can be no gainsaying the acute suffering and deprivation caused to the community"........"the Commission is constrained to observe that while acts akin to Genocide have occurred in respect of the Kashmiri Pandits and that, indeed, in the minds and utterances of some of the militants a 'genocide-type design' may exist....., the crimes against the Kashmiri Pandits, grave as they undoubtedly are...".
The Commission further said, "The community, though severely stricken with loss and grief, is to the immense relief of its well-wishers capable of recovery. Though it has lost some leading members of the community, it is not destroyed in 'substantial' part. It is deep in resilience and talent and those who have caused it injury have not succeeded in the 'destruction of the group as a viable entity". It added, "In view of the Commission, the day will therefore undoubtedly come, hopefully in the not too distant future, when the members of the community will return in safety and honour to the valley where they belong and to which they have contributed so greatly since the beginning of its recorded history".
It is important here to mention that all successive governments failed continuously and perpetually to take forward the message of NHRC to its logical conclusion till date. The Apex Court of India too failed to give the Commission's quasi-judicial Order of 1999 a judicial interpretation in its a number of opportunities over the last two decades. Though the failures are for everyone to complain about, yet there is a light of hope beyond the channel of darkness.
This author appeals to your honour as the Hon'ble Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to suo motto treat this write-up of mine as a humble request to establish a "Special Crimes Tribunal" to investigate the "crimes against humanity" committed in regard to the minorities of Jammu and Kashmir, including Hindus and Sikhs over the last 35 years in Jammu and Kashmir. This will go a long way to bring justice to the wailing, weeping and crying victims of genocide in J&K, who didn't get justice despite the existence of the Constitution, Judicial structure and the responsible and responsive governments at the centre and in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The NHRC, in the meantime, has registered my complaint in this regard once again and forwarded the same to the MHA for action on it.
He also presented, memorandum reads, (under pt. 2 b) may be considered as a formal complaint of mine against the government of Jammu and Kashmir and also against the government of India, and the National Human Rights Commission may be made a party as the negotiating adviser on the issue of the constituion of "Special Crimes Tribunal".
3. There are serious irregularities having taken place in the department of UEED amounting to the embezzlement of public exchequor's money. In this connection, complaints have already been registered at LG's Grievance Cell, ACB, CAG and CBI. I earnestly request your honour to intervene in this serious matter and ask the authorities concerned to expedite the ongoing investigations in this regard. It will have an everlasting impact on the work culture in the government and the administration of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and I may be kept informed of the action taken in this context.(KNS)