Jammu, Apr 11: Panun Kashmir organisation hasdecried what it termed as the “institutional perpetuation of genocide denial” during the recent visit of the Union Home Minister , Amit Shah to Jammu and Kashmir. The organization held a meeting which was chaired by General Secretary Kuldeep Raina and co-chaired by Organizing Secretary B.L. Kaul, with the presence of senior leaders, genocide survivors, youth activists, and thinkers.
The community expressed its collective outrage that once again ,with chilling consistency , the exiled and persecuted Kashmiri Pandit community was ignored, as if their suffering had no place in the so-called narrative of peace and progress in Kashmir.
General Secretary Kuldeep Raina delivered a scathing indictment of the government’s approach:
“The Home Minister’s visit is not a diplomatic or political failure. It is a moral and civilizational collapse. To land in Kashmir, speak of security, review terror threats, and yet remain silent on the greatest security failure in the history of post-Independence India , the 1990 genocide of Kashmiri Pandits , is nothing short of an outrage. Genocide is not a matter of omission. It is a matter of commission ,of silencing, of deliberate forgetting, of institutional indifference. That is exactly what we are witnessing today.”
Organizing Secretary B.L. Kaul took the critique further by laying bare the moral contradiction in the government’s Kashmir policy:
“There is a glaring dichotomy in the Indian state’s approach ,on one hand, the government claims normalcy, development, and investment in Kashmir. On the other side it refuses to confront the foundational horror on which today’s peace is being falsely constructed. They are building bridges and stadiums over the bones of those who were silenced by jihad.”
Kaul said: “Today’s Kashmir is like a tale of two cities , one presented as a modern paradise, and the other kept in the shadows, where truth is exiled, justice is stalled, and memory is feared. While the government reviews security, it forgets the only people who were completely annihilated through religious terrorism. What kind of review is this that ignores the genocide?”
Among others who spoke on the occasion were P.L.Koul Budgami, D.K.Koul, B.l.bhat, Rajesh Bagati ,Bitu ji , V.Kaw, B.j.Marhatta, Ashok parimoo, Satish pandita, Baitoth, Ramesh Bhat, P N Raina, Dr. Mattoo, Raj Nath Raina, RL Kak,R K Bhat, S Bhan, Ravi Jee and others.
The organization reiterated its demand for the creation of a separate Union Territory ,Panun Kashmir ,to the east and north of the river Jhelum, where the Kashmiri Hindu community can return as rightful stakeholders, not as refugees begging for relief.
To respond to this latest betrayal, Panun Kashmir has announced a Mass Protest Rally on May 11, 2025.
