The BJP on July 28 defended the move to reserve seats for Kashmiri Pandits and displaced residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in the Assembly of the Union Territory.
“The BJP has pledged to protect the rights of all the sections in J&K. The National Conference [NC] has blood on their hands. The Abdullahs, the Muftis, the Gandhis, are responsible for 1989. Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was Union Home Minister and Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister, when Kashmir saw a mass migration of Pandits,” Tarun Chugh, national general secretary of the BJP, said in a video statement.
He said Kashmiri Pandits were threatened, their houses set on fire, and forced to leave the Valley in 1989. “Those responsible for their migration are raising questions now. Shouldn’t they [Pandits] get justice? Shouldn’t PoK residents, who stood for India, get representation? Those pushing Pakistani propaganda in J&K won’t succeed,” Mr. Chug said.
