Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits: The truth https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20220404-exodus-of-kashmiri-pandits-the-truth-1929231-2022-03-25
Why did the Kashmiri Pandits flee? Who was responsible? Where are they now? What needs to be done? Why 'The Kashmir Files' has touched a raw nerve? An India Today cover story
The Kashmir Files: The view from the Valley https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/the-kashmir-files-the-view-from-the-valley-1929090-2022-03-24 Agnihotri’s film has triggered a controversy with two opposing narratives emerging around it. The dominant one is that it gives a true account of the atrocities on Pandits; the other version is that it’s a propaganda film that only fans anti-Muslim sentiment...Even now, whenever a Pandit family visits their birth place anywhere in the Valley, they are welcomed with hugs by their Muslim neighbours,” says Mudasir.
The fallout of the movie is .. a sense of insecurity gripping many Kashmiris, including students, living outside the Valley, particularly in the face of circulation of hate videos and messages on social media.
How many Kashmiri Pandits have actually been rehabilitated? Ashok Upadhyay March 21, 2022 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmiri-pandits-rehabilitated-rti-kashmir-files-1927627-2022-03-21 Responding to the query on the number of migrant Kashmiri Pandits as on July 20, 2021, the Union home ministry said, “As per the information available with the undersigned CPIO [Central Public Information Officer] approximately 44,167 families are registered as migrants with the Relief Organization of Government of J&K as on 31.01.2021.”
In response to the question on rehabilitation, the MHA [Ministry of Home Affairs] responded, “Construction of 6,000 Transit Accommodation for 6000 Kashmir's Migrants Employees in Kashmir Valley was approved under PMDP [Prime Minister’s Development Package], 2015. .. only “1,025 units stand completed/substantially completed”...“All land for the construction of transit accommodations now stands available with the Government of J&K. .. The construction work of transit accommodation further suffered due to the Covid-19 situation... Despite this, the work on the project has been taken up in mission mode.”
Farooq Abdullah: Hang me if I'm found responsible for Kashmiri Pandit exodus https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmiri-pandit-exodus-farooq-abdullah-kashmir-files-exclusive-1928001-2022-03-22 a truth commission of some kind should be put in place to investigate not just what happened to the Kashmiri Pandits but also to Sikhs and Muslims in Kashmir in the 1990s . video of interview https://twitter.com/i/status/1506160644256862210. I was not CM. Since they did not trust me, I resigned so that the New Governor act.
Pallavi Joshi reacts to Farooq Abdullah's 'ready to be hanged' comment on Kashmiri Pandit genocide https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/the-kashmir-files-pallavi-joshi-reacts-to-farooq-abdullah-s-ready-to-be-hanged-comment-on-kashmiri-pandit-genocide-1929163-2022-03-24 Pallavi Joshi ... pointed out how Farooq Abdullah resigned two days before the brutal killings of the Kashmiri Pandits in 1990. "There was no administration for two days. Mr Abdullah .. flew out to London when this mayhem took place on the 19th. Jagmohan was appointed the governor but he couldn't reach there because of bad weather, he was put up in Jammu for two three days that's when all these killings and exodus started happening,"
What happened before the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/before-exodus-of-kashmiri-pandits-1928582-2022-03-23
Plebiscite Front in Pakistan-occupied areas of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir founded by Amanullah Khan in 1965
Hijacking of a Srinagar-Jammu flight in January 1971. Bangladesh ware
By the end of the 1970s, Islamist fundamentalism in Afghanistan, mentored by Pakistani agencies with the aid of the US and Saudi Arabia. the Islamic Revolution under Ayatollah Khomeini took Iran by storm. Wahabism was spreading in the Af-Pak region.
Amanatullah found JKLF, which peaked in 1980s
1984: Amanatulla Khan asked by Pakistani Army to trigger insurgency in Valley.
Farookh Abdullah takes over CM 1982. Wins 1983 elections. But party splits, Gul Shah takes over.
Militancy increases
Feb 1986 Gul Shah addressed a public meeting in the Valley where he said, “Islam khatre mein hai [Islam is in danger]. Massive rioting happened in Kashmir Valley.
Governor Jagmohan dismissed the Gul Shah’s government.
Sheikh Abdullah-Indira Pact, rehabs Sheikh Abdullah. Sheikh accused of letting Wahabi wave take over Sufism of Kashmir
Muslim United Front demanded the Quranic law be made the law in the state assembly. Their leaders included Syed Ali Shah Geelani (later Hurriyat chief), Yasin Malik (separatist leader) and Mohammad Yusuf Shah aka Syed Salahuddin (the head of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen).
Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in 1987. The election is considered as the most-rigged election in India. The election brought Farooq Abdullah to power in Jammu and Kashmir.
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, becomes PM overthrowing Rajiv Gandhi in 1989. Singh made Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (arch rival of Abdullah) his home minister
Abdullah had already declared that he would resign if Jagmohan was made governor. He resigned the same day when Jagmohan was appointed January 19, 1990.
The targeted killings that started in September 1989 rose sharply in the Kashmir Valley in January 1990. The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits began soon after as Jagmohan came and Abdullah went away.
1990: 29th Jan 1990 Exodus
OPeration Topac final stage 1991. Zia ul Haq dies in plane crash. Militant trigger riots in Srinagar, Baramulla, Pulwama, Bhaderwah, Anantanag