Srinagar June 08 (KNS): Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board established a Welcome Pandal for the pilgrims of Mela Mata Kheer Bhavani at the shrine Campus in Tulmulla in Ganderbal district.
The juices were offered to every Yatri on his entrance into the campus by the Waqf Board. This was the first of its kind initiative of J&K Waqf Body. Dr Darakhshan Andrabi, the Chairperson of J&K Waqf Board remained present on the Pandal for the day along with the In-charge Chief Executive Officer of Waqf Board Ishtiaq Mohiuddin & other staff. Such a gesture was highly appreciated by the pilgrims and the Shrine Management Committee.
Dr Darakhshan Andrabi held interactive sessions with the pilgrims, tourists, management body & the representatives of various government departments. Later Dr Darakhshan Andrabi spoke to the media and said that such festivals and gatherings reflect the real inclusive face of Jammu & Kashmir. “Kashmiri Hindus are the equal stakeholders of everything and those who are trying to create a vicious atmosphere to sabotage the rehabilitation & return of the displaced community are the enemies of humanity and don’t belong to our inclusive cultural traditions. We cannot afford to let them succeed in their divisive terrorist mindset.
Protection of minorities is not the responsibility of the government only but of the common majority community members too,” said Waqf Board Chairperson. Dr Andrabi assured the community leaders & representatives that everything will be done by the government to ensure their safety and their resettlement in Kashmir valley. She appealed to the civil society groups and the religious preachers to emphasize on creating an atmosphere wherein the designs of subversive and communal & divisive elements are defeated and they are thrown out of our society so that we are able to present our real inclusive face to the world of humanity. “For lasting peace in J&K, we need to restore the communal harmony of our society which was torn apart in the early nineties by separatists & subversive elements and make sure that every displaced Kashmiri returns to the valley,” said Dr Andrabi. (KNS)