Jammu: Kashmiri Pandits on April 19 expressed disappointment over Prime Minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee "ignoring" Nadimarg massacre - which claimed the lives of 24
members of their clan a month ago - in his speech on April 18.
"A great tragedy had struck the Pandit community in the Nadimarg carnage by
Pakistani militants, but not a single word of sympathy came from the Prime Minister
in his speech," All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference general secretary Hira Lal
Chatta said.
Alleging that it was a "non-issue" for Vajpayee, he said, "The Prime Minister
deliberately ignored making any reference to Nadimarg in a bid to please separatists
backed by Mufti government."
National Conference leader and former MLC Bhushan Lal Bhat said, "Vajpayee should
have spoken on the Nadimarg massacre so that it could give courage to those still
living in the valley."
Prime Minister had no words of sympathy for the Nadimarg victims or the Pandit
migrants because it was the Centre's and state's strategy to show that everything
was well in Kashmir, alleged Ashwani Kumar, president, Panun Kashmir.
He said "both of them are befooling the national and international
community".
T N Khosa, president of Kashmir Pandit Sabha, charged Vajpayee with having forgotten
the massacre of Pandits while advocating the cause of Hindus in his political career
of over 40 years.
PTI
