Centre's J&K Move Fruitful When Kashmiri Pandits Return

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat today heaped praise on the center’s decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 but said the effort will come to fruition when Kashmiri Pandits return to the state and are rehabilitated. “This effort will come to fruition only when justice denied under the influence of Article 370 is restored, injustices occurred are brought to an end. It will happen when our Kashmiri Pandits who were unjustly driven away are brought back and rehabilitated and allowed to remain secure, fearless, patriotic and Hindu,” the RSS chief said at the annual Dussehra event in Nagpur.

In the nineties, Kashmiri Pandits were displaced from the region. Many welcomed the scrapping of the special status and hoped-for return to their homeland. On August 5, the center scrapped the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and divided the state into two Union Territories.