Kashmiri Pandit exodus; Farook Abdullah seeks independent judicial investigation
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On Tuesday, Farooq Abdullah, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, called for an inquiry into the exodus of Kashmiri pandits.
IANS quoted Abdullah as saying: "Appoint an independent judicial inquiry commission to look into the events. That will show who was responsible."
Furthermore, he demanded the Government of India take immediate steps towards resettling Kashmiri Pandits.
Abdulla said that many people haven't received their monthly compensation for some time. "Why has it been stopped? How can they manage their lives in these times of high inflation?"
As a result of 'The Kashmir Files', a film directed by Vivek Agnihotri, the plight of Kashmiri Pandits is once again being highlighted, while the NC chief is drawing flak for his ineffectiveness in 1989-90 in protecting minorities in the Valley.
The year in question was when Abdullah as Chief Minister of the erstwhile state and Mufti Mohammad Sayed was Union Home Minister in the V.P. Singh government, which had both BJP and Communist support.
In response, Abdullah has been attacked by the Kashmiri Pandit community, which calls the exodus 'genocide' and holds him responsible for it.
According to Abdullah, the J&K Governor Jagmohan had been responsible for the expulsion of the Kashmiri Pandits, and the BJP had used this community as a vote bank without doing anything about it.