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Naya Kashmir to have 10 special townships for Kashmiri Pandits
In Naya Kashmir (New Kashmir), ten special townships will be created in all the 10 districts of the Valley for the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits, who had to undergo mass exodus 30 years ago.

According to news agency IANS, the blueprint of Naya Kashmir is going to get its shape soon as the final touches are done. The blueprint will comprise the renovation and rebuilding of temples destroyed and desecrated by terrorists in all the 10 districts.

The Union Home Ministry has started working on the plan, which includes many rehabilitation schemes for Kashmiri Pandits.

Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee from Kashmir valley to Jammu and other states in the early 90s soon after the outbreak of militancy in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah met a seven-member delegation of Kashmiri Pandits on February 18. The delegation included Surinder Kaul, International Coordinator of Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD); Utpal Kaul, GKPD India Coordinator; Anil Kachroo, GKPD USA; Taj Tikoo, President of the All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS); Dileep Mattoo, President Jammu Kashmir Vichar Manch (JKVM); and AJKVM members Sanjay Ganjoo and Parikshit Kaul, said the report.

In the meeting, Shah promised them rehabilitation via phased resettlement in the Valley amid adequate security.
Shah promised to resettle all Kashmiri Pandits in their respective districts, Kaul told the news agency.

He conveyed that rehabilitation of the community was an utmost priority with the government. He sought help from them to compile a database of all the properties that had been either occupied or encroached upon so that the government could initiate redressal mechanisms to restore the property to the rightful owner, the members of the delegation were quoted as saying.
Naya Kashmir to have 10 special townships for Kashmiri Pandits
 
Here is list of 39 politicians joining Altaf Bukhari’s party

8 Mar 2020


With three former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir detained since 5 August 2019, former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari is all set to launch his new party later today.

Bukhari will launch the party named as Apni Party in a bid to change the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir where politics has taken a 360 degree turn following scrapping down of its special status on 5 August.

In an interview to The Kashmir Walla, this week, Bukhari said, “ApniParty. It is a commoners’ party and I have coined the name. The aim of the party is to give hope to hopeless people of Jammu and Kashmir and to work for the complete wellbeing and development of people. Our ultimate priority is to get back the special status and statehood.”

He is scheduled to launch the party at Srinagar, and hours before the launch he was unanimously elected as the president of the party.

The Kashmir Walla accessed a copy of the list of politicians that will formally join the party today during the launch. Here is the list.

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