“No one will come with begging bowl, onus on Kashmiri Pandits to return to J&K”

Twenty six years after Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee the Valley, former Jammu and

Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullahsaid onus is on “onus is on them to come back”.

Speaking to a leading daily from India , the National Conference leader said, “onus is on

Kashmiri Pandits to come back to the state and no one will come with a begging bowl”.

The Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of their homeland in 1990 to live in exile.

According to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, the major impediment in the rehabilitation of

the Kashmiri Pandits lies in the fear of losing their lives and homes all over again.

Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah said one more year had passed but no progress had been

made in bringing back displaced Kashmiri Pandits to the state.

“Another year passes with no further progress in bringing back the displaced Kashmiri

Pandits. Words sound even more hollow,” he said in a tweet.

“Much was expected of the current government where all others were accused of paying only

lip service but nothing changed.