Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday expressed concern over the “targeted killings of Hindus and Kashmiri Pandits” in the Kashmir Valley. Kashmiri Pandits were fleeing the Valley, Thackeray, who is also the Shiv Sena chief, said in a statement here.
“Kashmiri Pandits were shown the dream of ‘ghar wapsi’ (resettlement in the valley), but they are being targeted and killed. The exodus of Pandits is shocking.
The chief minister assured the Pandit community that “Maharashtra stands firmly with them.”
In 1995, when the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance came to power in Maharashtra, Sena founder Bal Thackeray ensured a quota in educational institutions in the state for the children of Kashmiri Pandits, he said. Thackeray further said, “Our government is in touch with Kashmiri Pandit leaders and will do everything possible for their safety.”
We will do whatever is possible for Kashmiri Pandits, we will not leave them in limbo. As Shiv Sena chief and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, I can only promise that Maharashtra will stand firmly with Kashmiri Pandits in this difficult time,” his office quoted the CM as saying, according to a report in Hindustan Times.
In the past few months, there has been an increase in civilian attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, in which 13 people have been killed by terrorists in three months. Several members of the community have reportedly left the Valley with their families.
The central government held a high-level meeting with top officials on Friday. In the meeting, Amit Shah, Ajit Doval, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Manoj Pandey and Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Dilbagh Singh discussed the Amarnath Yatra starting June 30.
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