new Delhi: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday attacked the BJP government for creating a “poisonous atmosphere” in the country by “false propaganda” about the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley through the film “The Kashmir Files”.
Addressing a convention of the Minorities Department, Pawar said, “Such a film should not have been cleared for screening. But it has been given tax concessions and a film that incites anger among people responsible for keeping the country united.” are encouraging to watch.” Delhi unit of your party
This was the second occasion of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Delhi in three days. It is also organizing a huge social event in the national capital to celebrate its foundation day on June 10.
Pawar said the facts indeed confirm that Kashmiri Pandits had to leave the Valley, but Muslims were also targeted in the same manner.
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“Pakistan-based terrorist groups were responsible for the attacks on Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims,” he said.
The former Union minister said that considering that the Narendra Modi government really often thinks about Kashmiri Pandits, it should do everything possible for their rehabilitation and not create anger in their minds about minorities.
Pawar also hit out at the BJP for dragging the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, into the discussion while Kashmiri Pandits needed to leave the Valley when Vishwanath Pratap Singh was the prime minister.
“The VP Singh government was supported by the BJP. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was the home minister and Jagmohan, who later contested the Lok Sabha elections from Delhi as a BJP candidate, was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
Pawar said the then chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, had called off after differences with Jagmohan and it was the governor who was tasked with the departure of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.
He also hit out at the BJP for hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his comments on “The Kashmir Files”.
“Political movements are welcome, but Kejriwal was criticized for speaking up for minorities. The BJP is taking the country on a different path. It is destroying the unity of the country,” Pawar said.
(with PTI input)