Lt Governor Owes Kashmiri Pandits An Apology: Rahul Gandhi In Jammu

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Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is now in Jammu and Kashmir.

Srinagar:

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ought to apologise to Kashmiri Pandits for telling them that “they shouldn’t be begging”, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has mentioned, following a gathering with members of the group in Jammu throughout his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Mr Gandhi’s assertion got here after a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits briefed him concerning the focused killings by terrorists and their marketing campaign for better safety.

“When a delegation of Pandits met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, he informed them that ‘they need to not beg’. Lieutenant Governor ji, Pandits usually are not begging, they’re asking for his or her rights. Lt Governor owes an apology to the pandits,” Mr Gandhi informed a gathering on the finish of the day’s yatra at Satwari in Jammu.

4 Kashmiri Pandits have been killed final yr in separate focused assaults by terrorists, triggering worry and anger among the many group. The assaults, which additionally focused a number of migrant staff, have referred to as into query the federal government’s claims of better safety within the erstwhile state because it revoked its particular standing and break up it into two union territories in 2019.

Rahul Gandhi additionally raised the difficulty of restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, terming it “the most important difficulty”. The Congress chief mentioned that “non-locals are operating Jammu and Kashmir and gobbling up companies within the area”.

“The largest difficulty is the restoration of statehood, and the Congress will do every thing for it. Jammu and Kashmir was run by the folks of Jammu and Kashmir. Immediately, it’s being run by outsiders,” he mentioned.

Mr Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started in September from the southern tip of the nation in Kanyakumari and has travelled round 3,500 km, is ready to conclude with a mega rally in Srinagar, anticipated to be attended by leaders from almost two dozen nationwide events. As a consequence of safety considerations, a good portion of the yatra in Jammu and Kashmir will probably be accomplished by bus.