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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that displaced Kashmiri Pandits are always welcome to return to their homes, emphasising their rightful place in the Valley.
However, he expressed scepticism about whether the migrated community would want to come back, considering they have built new lives where they currently reside in other parts of the country, with their children engaged in employment and education.
The statement of the former chief minister came on a day when the displaced community is observing January 19 as ‘holocaust day’ to mark their exodus from the Valley in 1990 due to threats and killings by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a two-day party programme according to PTI report , Abdullah noted that many Kashmiri Pandit families never left the Valley and continue to live peacefully in their villages and localities.
‘They should come back, it is their home’
“When will they return (to Kashmir)? Who is stopping them? No one is preventing them. They should come back, as it is their home. Many Kashmiri Pandits are currently living in the Valley and have not left their villages,” the former chief minister responded when asked about protests by Kashmiri Pandits supporting their demand for return and rehabilitation in the Valley.
