Azad’s attempt to bailout culprits & blame Jagmohan for Displacement condemnable
07-04-2023 : Former MLC & JK UT spokesperson of BJP Girdhari Lal Raina strongly condemned Gh. Nabi Azad for abusing & hurting sentiments of Kashmiri Pandit community in his autobiography as reported by the media. GL Raina blamed Azad for being equally responsible for Forced displacement of a religious minority of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir valley in 1989-90. He is also one of the persons at helm responsible for death and destruction in Jammu Kashmir. Azad’s studied silence over gathering storms from 1980 onwards, infiltration / exfiltration of terrorists and unilateral attacks on minority Hindu community in Kashmir valley is well known, he added.
Gh. Nabi Azad was always at important decision making positions of Congress party and also in its government, GL Raina added. G.N.Azad can in no way escape responsibility for happenings in Jammu Kashmir and his description of events leading to displacement of Hindu community is a ploy to shift blame for narrow electoral benefits, Ex-MLC emphasised.
Azad was in union government continuously from 1980-1989 the period that saw targeted isolation – Othering of religious minorities in Kashmir including violent communal attacks in Anatnag Kashmir in 1986 and also selective killings of Minority community of Kashmiri Pandits in 1988-89 much before even elections to 9th Lok Sabha were held. Targeted killing of Pt. Keshav Nath ji Mahant of Vicharnag Srinagar, December 9, 1988, Smt. Prabhawati of Chadoora Budgam, Pt. DN Raina of Drabyar Srinagar, smt. Sheela Tikoo of Srinagar and Pt. Tika Lal Taploo ji, Pt. Neel Kanth Ganjoo in 1989 was much before Congress Party was voted out in New Delhi.
Gh. Nabi Azad was there when the Rajiv Gandhi-Farooq accord happened and when 70 terrorists were released in 1989 by the Farooq Abdulla government in J&K. How can he ignore the environment of terror and targeted stone pelting of minority community homes during Lok Sabha elections of 1989? Raina asked. Coffins were put in front of polling stations to threaten voters and G.N. Azad did not even come to campaign in Kashmir.
Reasons identified by Azad responsible for displacement are to bail out real culprits and if He thinks this undermining of truth will endear him to voters of a particular section, he is grossly mistaken. Let G.N. Azad recalled how he was rejected even as Chief Minister, Former MLC reminded him.
Blaming Jagmohan is a sponsored conspiracy to destabilise India and sabotage Indian democracy. GL Raina asserted that the minority community was not targeted for being Congress supporters or because of supposed high positions in central offices-which in no ways is a fact. The only reason for their besiegement was their nationalism and religious identity. Killing of a lift operator, staff nurse, lab. Assistant, driver, farmers, pujaris/Mahants or housewives explains the objective explicitly. BJP spokesperson cautioned politicians to desist from politics of convenience or be ready to face wrath of people.
