Jammu Kashmir elections 2014, winning candidate names..

Contituency Name	Leading/Winner	Trailing/Runnerup
Karnah	Raja Manzoor Ahmad (PDP )Winner	Kifil Ur Rehman Khan (JKNC )Runner-up
Kupwara	Adv. Bashir Ahmad Dar (JPC )Winner	Mir Mohd Fayaz (PDP )Runner-up
Lolab	Abdul Haq Khan (PDP )Winner	Qaiser Jamsheed Lone (JKNC )Runner-up
Handwara	Sajad Gani Lone (JPC)Winner	N.A
Langate	Abdul Rashid Sheikh (IND)Winner	N.A
Uri	Mohammad Shafi (JKNC )Winner	Aijaz Ali Khan (PDP )Runner-up
Rafiabad	Yawar Ahmad Mir (PDP )Winner	Abdul Gani Vakil (INC )Runner-up
Sopore	Abdul Rashid Dar (INC )Winner	Nazir Ahmad Naikoo (PDP )Runner-up
Gurez	Nazir Ahmad Khan (JKNC )Winner	Faqir Mohammad Khan (INC )Runner-up
Bandipora	Usman Abdul Majid (INC )Winner	Nizamuddin Bhat (PDP )Runner-up
Sonawari	Mohammad Akbar Lone (JKNC )Winner	Yasir Reshi (PDP )Runner-up
Sangrama	Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari (PDP )Winner	Shuib Nabi Lone (INC )Runner-up
Baramulla	Javid Hassan Baig (PDP)Winner	N.A
Gulmarg	Mohd. Abass Wani (PDP )Winner	Ghulam Hassan Mir (JKDPN )Runner-up
Pattan	Imran Raza Ansari (PDP )Winner	Aga Syed Mehmood Al Mosavi (JKNC )Runner-up
Kangan	Altaf Ahmad (JKNC )Winner	Bashir Ahmad Mir (PDP )Runner-up
Ganderbal	Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh (JKNC )Winner	Qazi Mohammad Afzal (PDP )Runner-up
Hazratbal	Asiea (PDP )Winner	Mohammad Syed Akhoon (JKNC )Runner-up
Zadibal	Abid Hussain Ansari (PDP )Winner	Peer Afaq Ahmad (JKNC )Runner-up
Idgah	Mubarik Ahmad Gul (JKNC )Winner	Ali Mohammad Wani (PDP )Runner-up
Khanyar	Ali Mohd Sagar (JKNC )Winner	Muhammad Khurshid Alam (PDP )Runner-up
Habbakadal	Shamim Firdous (JKNC )Winner	Moti Koul (BJP )Runner-up
Amirakadal	Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari (PDP)Winner	N.A
Sonawar	Mohammad Ashraf Mir (PDP )Winner	Omar Abdullah (JKNC )Runner-up
Batamaloo	Noor Mohd Sheikh (PDP )Winner	Mohd Irfan Shah (JKNC )Runner-up
Chadoora	Javaid Mustafa Mir (PDP )Winner	Ali Mohammad Dar (JKNC )Runner-up
Badgam	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi (JKNC )Winner	Gh Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat (Muntazir) (PDP )Runner-up
Beerwah	Omar Abdullah (JKNC)Winner	N.A
Khansahib	Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah (JKPDF (S) )Winner	Saif-U-Din Bhat (PDP )Runner-up
Charari Sharief	Ghulam Nabi Lone (PDP )Winner	Abdul Rahim Rather (JKNC )Runner-up
Tral	Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Shah (PDP )Winner	Mr. Mohd Ashraf Bhat (JKNC )Runner-up
Pampore	Zahoor Ahmad Mir (PDP )Winner	Yawar Ali Abass Masoodi (JKNC )Runner-up
Pulwama	Mohd. Khalil Band (PDP )Winner	Ghulam Nabi Wani (JKNC )Runner-up
Rajpora	Haseeb A Drabu (PDP )Winner	Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Mir (JKNC )Runner-up
Wachi	Aijaz Ahmad Mir (PDP )Winner	Showkat Hussain Ganie (JKNC )Runner-up
Shopian	Mohd Yousuf Bhat (PDP )Winner	Shabir Ahmad Kullay (IND )Runner-up
Noorabad	Abdul Majid Padder (PDP )Winner	Sakina Itoo (JKNC )Runner-up
Kulgam	Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami (CPM )Winner	Nazir Ahmad Laway (PDP )Runner-up
Homeshalibugh	Ab. Majeed (JKNC )Winner	Abdul Gaffar Sofi (PDP )Runner-up
Anantnag	Mufti Mohd Sayeed (PDP)Winner	N.A
Devsar	Mohammad Amin Bhat (INC )Winner	Mohammad Sartaj Madni (PDP )Runner-up
Dooru	Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi (PDP )Winner	Ghulam Ahmad Mir (INC )Runner-up
Kokernag	Abdul Rahim Rather (PDP )Winner	Peerzada Mohammad Syed (INC )Runner-up
Shangus	Gulzar Ahmad Wani (INC)Winner	N.A
Bijbehara	Abdul Rehman Bhat (PDP )Winner	Bashir Ahmad Shah (JKNC )Runner-up
Pahalgam	Altaf Ahmad Wani (JKNC )Winner	Rafi Ahmad Mir (PDP )Runner-up
Nobra	Deldan Namgail (INC )Winner	Tsetan Namgyal (JKNC )Runner-up
Leh	Nawang Rigzin (INC )Winner	Chering Dorjay (BJP )Runner-up
Kargil	Asgar Ali Karbalaie (INC )Winner	Anayat Ali (PDP )Runner-up
Zanskar	Syed Mohammad Baqir Rizvi (IND )Winner	Ghulam Raza (INC )Runner-up
Kishtwar	Sunil Kumar Sharma S/O Lt Bansi Lal Sharma (BJP )Winner	Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo S/O Bashir Ahmed Kichloo (JKNC )Runner-up
Inderwal	Ghulam Mohd Saroori S/O Late Saidullah Saroori (INC )Winner	Tariq Hussain Keen S/O Ghulam Hussain Keen (BJP )Runner-up
Doda	Shakti Raj (BJP )Winner	Abdul Majid Wani (INC )Runner-up
Bhaderwah	Daleep Singh (BJP )Winner	Mohd Sharief Niaz (INC )Runner-up
Ramban	Neelam Kumar Langeh (BJP )Winner	Dr. Chaman Lal (JKNC )Runner-up
Banihal	Vikar Rasool Wani (INC )Winner	Bashir Ahmed Runyal (PDP )Runner-up
Gulabgarh	Mumtaz Ahmed (INC )Winner	Abdul Gani Malik (JKNC )Runner-up
Reasi	Ajay Nanda (BJP )Winner	Saraf Singh (IND )Runner-up
Gool Arnas	Ajaz Ahmed Khan (INC )Winner	Kuldeep Raj Dubey (BJP )Runner-up
Udhampur	Pawan Kumar Gupta (IND )Winner	Balwant Singh Mankotia (JKNPP )Runner-up
Chanani	Dina Nath (BJP )Winner	Krishan Chander (INC )Runner-up
Ramnagar	Ranbir Singh Pathania (BJP )Winner	Harsh Dev Singh (JKNPP )Runner-up
Bani	Jewan Lal (BJP )Winner	Ghulam Hyder Malik (JKNC )Runner-up
Basohli	Lal Singh (BJP )Winner	Davinder Singh (JKNC )Runner-up
Kathua	Rajiv Jasrotia (BJP )Winner	Som Raj Majotra (BSP )Runner-up
Billawar	Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh (BJP )Winner	Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma (INC )Runner-up
Hiranagar	Kuldeep Raj (BJP )Winner	Girdhari Lal Chalotra (INC )Runner-up
Samba	Devinder Kumar Manyal (BJP )Winner	Yash Paul Kundal (JKNPP )Runner-up
Vijaypur	Chander Parkash (BJP )Winner	Surjit Singh Slathia (JKNC )Runner-up
Nagrota	Devender Singh Rana (JKNC )Winner	Nand Kishore (BJP )Runner-up
Gandhinagar	Kavinder Gupta (BJP )Winner	Raman Bhalla (INC )Runner-up
Jammu East	Rajesh Gupta (BJP )Winner	Vikram Malhotra (INC )Runner-up
Jammu West	Sat Paul Sharma (BJP )Winner	Surinder Singh Shingari (INC )Runner-up
Bishnah	Kamal Verma (JKNC )Winner	Ashwani Kumar Sharma (BJP )Runner-up
R.S. Pura	Dr. Gagan Bhagat (BJP )Winner	Bushan Lal (PDP )Runner-up
Suchetgarh	Sham Lal Choudhary (BJP )Winner	Taranjit Singh Tony (JKNC )Runner-up
Marh	Sukhnandan Kumar (BJP )Winner	Ajay Kumar Sadhotra (JKNC )Runner-up
Raipur Domana	Bali Bhagat (BJP )Winner	Mula Ram (INC )Runner-up
Akhnoor	Rajeev Sharma (BJP )Winner	Sham Lal Sharma (INC )Runner-up
Chhamb	Dr. Kirshan Lal (BJP )Winner	Tara Chand (INC )Runner-up
Nowshera	Ravinder Kumar (BJP )Winner	Surinder Choudhary (PDP )Runner-up
Darhal	Choudhary Zulfkar Ali (PDP )Winner	Choudhary Liaqat Ali (JKNC )Runner-up
Rajouri	Qamar Hussain (PDP )Winner	Chowdhary Talib Husain (BJP )Runner-up
Kalakote	Abdul Ghani Kohli (BJP )Winner	Rachhpal Singh (JKNC )Runner-up
Surankote	Ch Mohd Akram (INC )Winner	Mushtaq Ahmed Shah (JKNC )Runner-up
Mendhar	Javed Ahmed Rana (JKNC )Winner	Mohd Mahroof Khan (PDP )Runner-up
Poonch Haveli	Shah Mohd Tantray (PDP )Winner	Ajaz Ahmed Jan (JKNC )Runner-up

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J&K ELECTION RESULTS

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Jammu & Kashmir Result Status Status Known For 87 out of 87 Constituencies Party Won Leading Total Bharatiya Janata Party 25 0 25 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 1 Indian National Congress 12 0 12 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 15 0 15 Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party 28 0 28 Jammu & Kashmir People Conference 2 0 2 Jammu And Kashmir People Democratic Front (Secular) 1 0 1 Independent 3 0 3 Total 87 0 87 Partywise Vote Share Please move your mouse over the chart or legend to view more details.Party {Votes%,Vote Count}BJP {23.0%,1107194}JKPDP {22.7%,109…JKN {20.8%,1000693}INC {18.0%,867883}IND {6.8%,329881}JKNPP {2.0%,95941}JPC {1.9%,93182}BSP {1.4%,67786}JKPDF {0.7%,34886}JKDPN {0.5%,26221}1/223%22.7%18%20.8% PartyName Votes Wise(%) BJP {23.0%,1107194} 1107194 JKPDP {22.7%,1092203} 1092203 JKN {20.8%,1000693} 1000693 INC {18.0%,867883} 867883 IND {6.8%,329881} 329881 JKNPP {2.0%,95941} 95941 JPC {1.9%,93182} 93182 BSP {1.4%,67786} 67786 JKPDF {0.7%,34886} 34886 JKDPN {0.5%,26221} 26221 CPM {0.5%,24017} 24017 AJKMP {0.1%,5087} 5087 SP {0.1%,4985} 4985 NCP {0.1%,3128} 3128 CPI {0.1%,2500} 2500 AKAKRP {0.0%,1853} 1853 JKPPAP {0.0%,1696} 1696 HJP {0.0%,1413} 1413 AIFB {0.0%,1244} 1244 RPI(A) {0.0%,1221} 1221 BMUP {0.0%,1041} 1041 RKSP {0.0%,1039} 1039 LJP {0.0%,830} 830 RAJPA {0.0%,775} 775 RPI {0.0%,765} 765 BHBP {0.0%,253} 253 AAAP {0.0%,215} 215 JKPPS {0.0%,190} 190 HKRD {0.0%,167} 167 JD(S) {0.0%,162} 162 ABHM {0.0%,137} 137 JSM(P) {0.0%,118} 118 IPCP {0.0%,73} 73 DGPP {0.0%,73} 73 NOTA {1.0%,49129} 49129

Re-settlement of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir

With- Narendra bhai Modi-becoming the Prime Minister of India, suddenly Kashmiri Pandit’s hopes to re-claim their Homeland has risen sharply. The optimism shown by the BJP’s leadership to rehabilitate KP’s in the valley with full honor and dignity, has opened a new chapter for the exiled community. The possible return to their land looks realistic for the first time. KP’s unanimously welcome this decision. After almost 25 years, suddenly the smell of their land has intensified their urge to go back to their roots. The tall Mountains of the valley, it seems are beckoning the KP’s to come back. The echoes of their vibrant past are still resonating in the womb of the valley. So are the memories of the gory incidents that made way for their forced-exodus.

Kashmiri Pandits did not left the valley because of better future viz-a-viz professional career or better Business opportunities, but out of the fear of Death that came in the form of the bullets from the guns of Terrorists. They left the valley to safeguard the honor and dignity of their women-folk. They left because the then Chief-Minister of J&k- Mr.Farooq Abdullah abdicated his duties and gave a free hand to the Pakistani-backed Militants. And most of the KP’s who left in early 1990 had never thought that they won’t be able to come back even after 24 years!

It has been a total failure on the part of congress(i), National conference and PDP to rehabilitate KP’s back to the land of their ancestors. Because KP’s don’t form a substantial vote-bank does not mean that the Kashmir-centric political parties keep on exploiting KP’s just to keep their vote bank happy.

It is an irony that in spite of a population of more than 4 lakh(estimate population of KP’s is between 4-7lakh) their vote-power can not assure even a single Legislative assembly seat. Such is the deliberate design of the assembly and lok sabha constituencies in J&K. The population of the Ladakh region is less than the population of KP’s but still one M.P(Member of parliament) seat is assured from that area.

Few days back , a news appeared in some newspapers that the GOI is mulling of settling KP’s in three townships (in Anantnag, Srinagar and baramullah). The intended tri-colonies will only trifurcate the community. The infamous 7 exoduses of Kashmir should be taken into consideration before any decision on the return and rehabilitation is considered. The leaders of the community should be heard. The leaders who have any affiliation to the valley-centric political parties should be ignored as they will only push the agenda of their respective parties. Even the leaders affiliated to congress(i) should be given a cold-shoulder as none of the kashmiri pundits support them, and a majority of the KP’s feel cheated by this party.

If the news of the return is true, then May I ask with all the humility that Why should KP’s be settled in 3 townships instead of a single concentrated township. The strength and confidence of KP’s will increase tremendously if they are re-settled in a single township, instead of three. Only those who oppose covertly  the return of KP’s into the valley are suggesting with the quixotic plans, and using flowery phrases like Kashmiriyat.

With the so-called-kashmiriyat becoming a cliché, a bedizen, KP no longer believe in this adjective/synonym for secularism. The demagogues of Kashmir know it too well that the actions of 1990 by terrorists and an eerie silence by the majority at that time, will not let KP’s return and live in the valley, as they once used to. Hence the trite Kashmiriyat is repeated by the politicians of Kashmir just to discourage the pundits to re-claim their lost lands and usurp their lands and properties. To counter this, Again, there is one solution. Rehabilitate all KP’s in one area.

Time has proved that the valley based political parties have used “Religion” as a tool to polarize the Kashmiri-Society. With Muslims forming the majority of the population, they will repeat the time-tested policy of marginalizing the pundits in every possible way. This invidious distinction between the two communities have been executed by the Political parties/Monarchs of Kashmir both tacitly as well as blatantly, depending upon the time since last 8-9 hundred years. The 7 exoduses of the kashmiri pundits are the result of such policies that were followed by the ruling class of Kashmir, as KP’s were bereft of any political power. Political empowerment of KP’s is the solution to arrest such happenings in future.

The last exodus(1990-till date) should hopefully be the last one for the KP’s. Just to be sure, that history of their exodus is not repeated, they need to be re-settled at one place and given political power as well. Let GOI too follow an old adage – “united we stand, divided we fall”. Let them make KP’s united forever in the land of their ancestors-Kashmir. Instead of dividing KP’s, Let GOI give our community a collective voice. And a secured future.

AFSPA-should it be repealed from Kashmir?

The present

AFSPA is in the center of limelight for good or bad reasons, some say it should be removed immediately while security experts say that time is not right for the removal of this act in J&k. Mr. Omar Abdullah had hinted  that AFSPA will be removed, Some days later Dr.Mustafa Kamal who is also the uncle of Chief Minister  and leader of  National Conference(NC) circumlocutory indicated the same thing and  alleged that Army was responsible for the grenade attacks in Srinagar so that AFSPA should remain intact . His statement was snubbed by his Brother DR faroq Abdullah and termed it  out of line from NC policy, later on Dr. Mustafa Kamala retracted his statement.

The opposition party PDP also vehemently voiced their opinion on removal of ASFPA, knowing  well that it won’t be removed in the present circumstances, but nonetheless they knew that this outcry will surely garner some more sympathy and probably more votes in next elections.

Looking at the past 1989-90

In Dec 1989, Suddenly it looked as if every teenager Muslim was either going to Pakistan for arms Training  or has already come from Pakistan after the training,  It was promised to them by Pakistan’s ISI  that they will attack India once these armed insurgents attack the politicians, Kashmiri Pandits, Government establishments and officers. In jan 1990 a Doordarshan news revealed that 10,000 militants are active in the Valley to carry out the orders of their masters from Paksitan.

Then Chief Minister Dr. Faroq Abdullah, failed to give any security to anyone whether the politicians, Government officials or Kashmiri Pandits and finally he was removed from his responsibilities on  jan 1990 and Mr. Jagmohan became the new governor of J&k. Incidentally  the major exodus of Kashmiri Pandits also happened on 19 jan-20jan 1990.So no question of Jagmohan being responsible for exodus of Pandits.

Dr. Faroq Abdullah spent major part of his time outside Kashmir from 1990-95, when Kalashankov(AK-47) had become the symbol of Kashmir, Fashion and Its culture, mind you AK-47’s don’t fire Roses but Bullets designed to kill Humans.

The PDP Patron Mr. Mufti mohammed sayed was the home minister back in 1989-90,He is equally responsible for the Kashmir imbroglio. It was during his period that militancy reached a cult status, his dereliction made him  that  fiasco which India will remember for a long time..

Afganistan-pakistan

Then(80’S-90’S)– Pakistan with the support of U.S.A was assisting the Islamic militants in Afganistan against Russia.Zia-ul-Haq had Islamized Pakistan under his  decade old regime, The Frankenstein of Islamic extremism was created by The dictator with the help of ISI.

The soviets withdrew from Afganistan in 1989 leaving the armed Jihadis without job. Pakistan  started exporting these Jihadis to Kashmir as a part of low cost warfare with India.Many Army personnel lost their lives while fighting these merceneries.

Now(1996-2011)

The frankestien created by Zia-ul-haq  has become the greatest threat to the existence of Pakistan.The Baluchis are detesting every move of Pakistani Government , the residents of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir are also resisting Pakistans’s plan to change the ethnic population for long now .In Karachi  sectarian violence is all time high  and  The economy of Pakistan is in a cauldron.This precarious situation of Pakistan can be compared to that of Afganistan in 1980’s and 90’s.

It is most likely that Pakistan will push some more jihadi elements into Kashmir in the present future.

Pakistan China Connection

Pakistan and China are still a big threat to India both externally and internally. It is not a co-incidence that Maoists are coming closer to Jihadis of Kashmir as both aim at destabilising India.It is a well known fact that China gives financial aid to the Maoists of India, Today the Maoists have become a existential threat to India. in some pockets of Chattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkahnd, they are known to use terror tactics and death sentence for those who don’t adhere to their gag orders.

Pakistan on the other hand is also trying  best to use the sentiments of the Muslims in India for its vested interests. So far they have been successful in Kashmir valley and met with some success in Kerala, Maharashtra and Hyderabad. The Madrassa of India unfortunately are palying in the hands of Pakistan and saudi arabia-Madrassas biggest donor’s

In Kashmir, the sousl of Kashmiriyat – Rishi and sufi tradition were mauled by the Saudi funded Wahabis, who have given large sums of donations to the madrassas of Kashmir and are  responsible for the extremist mindset such as that of syed ali shah geelani, who has openly criticized sufis of Kashmir.

China has already taken a large part of Kashmir in ladakh,every now and then we hear from the news channels of Chinese aggression on India-China border. India needs large number of troops to be posted in J&k in order to safeguard our International Borders and also a stand by in case of immediate emergency.Kashmir serves the purpose of that stand-by.

J&K Police(1989-2011)

Back in 1989 and throughout the nineties, the pusillanimous attitude of J&K became evident, In late 89 and early 90’s many policemen turned blind eye on the crimes committed by the militants. The role of the police was almost zero and they did not dare to apprehend any terrorist although they knew everything about them. This attitude was not wrong  as they knew that nobody will come to their rescue .Anyways they paid for being a “policeman” as they were the “pariah’s” of the 90’s in Kashmir..                                                                                                      

The situation has improved a lot since 1996, they have done a good job in the 2008 as well as 2010 agitations as people don’t support the terrorism like they did in early 90’s.Having said that, they won’t be a match to the Pakistan sponsored muslim mercenaries if Pakistan decides to re-create the situation that was prevalent in 90’s of Kashmir.

 

Role of Indian Armed forces in countering terrorism(1989-2011)

 The Indian Army enforced law and order at the time(1990) when there are total anarchy and the rule of terrorism and mobocracy. The local police at that time proved to be total failure. Many government buildings, schools, bridges were burnt down by the new zealots/terrorists, properties of Kashmiri pundits were plundered and burnt down by these gun flaunting extremists ,Girls and women were raped and there was no one to challenge them except the Indian Armed forces who fought them tooth and nail and brought back Kashmir to normalcy. It was the AFSPA that helped the armed forces to counter the Pakistan sponsored terrorism. Even today Kashmir is not totally free from terrorists as still officially hundreds of terrorists are active in the valley, unofficially the figures will run in thousands if we consider those also who are hibernating in sleeper cells.

 

THE PRESENT AGAIN(KP’s VIEW)

Kashmir has somehow left the past and has emerged into a new era but its past will haunt it for a long time.4 lakh kashmiri pundits were forced to leave their hearth and homes in the middle of night to save their lives and honor, For many years this beleaguered community lived in tattered tents and in penury, but as born survivors bounced back and today with their hard work they are among one  of the most educated community in India and many of them are working in India and abroad at high positions. Still many of the KP’s would love to come back to their motherland .

“Kashmir will not be same unless Kashmiri Pandits come back to Kashmir” has been said by many Muslims in the past including some of the separatists leaders, but even today time is not ripe for the return of the Kashmiri Pandits, still their biggest threat remains-security

 

CONCLUSION

It is eventually the army who has to decide when to quit from the valley of Kashmir. They have already  reduced their numbers in the valley, they can not depend upon the state leadership as the state governments will try to politicize everything in order to be in power. The Two patrons of main political parties of Kashmir in 1989-90 deserted Kashmir and left it in a lurch, there is no reason that they will not do it again in case AFSPA is repealed and Pakistan pursues the same old policy…

AFSPA should stay for the time being…..

Political empowerment of Kashmiri Pandits!!!!

Some years back, I along with a group of Kashmiri Pandits  got a chance to meet one of the top most politician (name withheld) of J&k and spent good two hours discussing Kashmir and its people. The politician looked keen to involve Kashmiri Pandits in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir. At that time the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was Mr. Mufti Mohammed sayeed and his government had initiated and build condominiums for the migrant Kashmiri Pandits at Budgam. The senior politician candidly told us that there is a section of Kashmiri Muslims who is opposing the return of Pandits vitriolically as they have illegally captured the properties of Kashmiri Pandits .This politician also told us about the incapability of arresting the culprits by the administration as that can turn into a political Blunder. At that time,T.V and print media were also aggressively promoting the new found bonhomie between the two communities of Kashmir and many pundits even showed interest to go back to Kashmir and live in those flats.

PDP was signaling and conveying through different modes to Pandits to come back to Kashmir as they claimed that normalcy has returned to Kashmir, The other political heavyweight Mr. Faroq Abdullah in the meantime visited Kashmiri Pandits at Misriwala Camp, jammu and warned them not to return to Kashmir as Things were not congenial for the return of Pandits to valley. But sure That time around 2007 things looked more normal ….

During that time ,A KP friend of mine even bought a piece of land in Kashmir and was interested in building a new house, but it proved to be a Bubble waiting to be busted as after a year or two the Amarnath Land row agitation unveiled the curtains of hatred and showed the ugly facet of religious intolerance and rift- which was already present somewhere between Hindus and Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir. The spoilsport was played by Syed ali shah Geelani, a known xenophobiac , who played the role of a Demagogue and claimed that India is Building a colony in Baltal and told his followers that very soon by these tactics the Majority population will be Marginalized by Indian population, PDP also did not left any stone unturned and tacitly and sometimes openly supported Geelani and company.

Then came the Jammu and Kashmir elections and people of Jammu and Kashmir come out in Large numbers for voting which culminated in Mr.Omar Abdullah becoming the youngest Chief Minister of J&k. Many KP’s also tried their luck and jumped into the fray of electoral battle but all had to bite the dust. Not a Single KP won and not only that ,most the KP’s who had contested elections lost their security deposits, Even the traditional Habba Kadal seat was also lost which was otherwise considered to be a KP stronghold.

Now after a long Gap, the politics of Kashmir saw two new K.P entrants, a 52 year old housewife Ashajee, a Kashmiri Pandit , who was elected a Panch from Wussan village in Baramullah, and last week another Kashmiri Pandit ,Shri Makhan lal Zutshi was also elected Panch and that too unopposed from village Tahab,Pulwama. Their victory made Headlines in many newspapers and many congratulated them including me. But their victory also unfolded the untold story of political alienation which the KP’s have been facing since long.one of the reasons for exodus of Kashmiri Pandits was Political marginalization since KP’s do not have any political power in Jand K. lack of political will by the leading political parties of J&K was another reason for not taking any appropriate steps to bring back KP’s in the political fold at least since last two decades .

There are 4130 Sarpanchs(Kashmir-2164, Jammu-1966) 29719 Panchs(Kashmir-15959,Jammu-13760) number of Block Panchayats-143(Kashmir-77, Jammu-66) and 22 District Panchayats. Out of the given figure above two Kashmiri Pandits made it and became Panchs!!! What is this news conveying ? Is it the dawn of the political rebirth of Pandits or the Remnants of political decadence?

2 out of 29719 comes to 0.006%, Is this an achievement or shame!!! I will definitely term it as a big shame,a joke on the part of democracy…It is believed that the population of Kashmiri Pandits is no less than 7 Lakhs !!! though ,no survey has been done regarding the exact population of KP’s since many decades ,However there is a statistics(old) with JK government, but that is questionable and hence not authentic.

it has been reported by a section of Kashmiri Muslims who were architects of the exodus of K.P’s that there has been no Genocide of K.P’s, no one ousted K.P’s from Kashmir, Only Indian Army looted the houses of Kashmiri Pandits who left for safer places, No one destroyed the temples of Hindus of Kashmir but nobody can explain how and why the temples were broken!!!, Kashmiri pundits were lured by Jagmohan to leave Kashmir and leave their palatial Bunglows and Multi-crore properties only to live in tattered camps and get mindboggling Rs 800/family as assistance!!!

Coming back to panchayti elections, a Political section wants to project the news of KP’s winning panchayti elections as news which reflects political empowerment of K.P’s, But that is not. Elsewhere in India, becoming a panch or even a sarpanch does not make any ripples, but we are talking about Kashmir, that Kashmir which had a population of one million K.P’s in early twenth century and today not even 4000 are left , That is why two KP’s becoming Panchs have made Headlines…..But on the other side their victory has also stated without a word the general condition of Pandits and their story of last 21 years……