Will pass Kashmiri Hindu Shrines Management Bill once in power: Abdullah

Displaced Kashmiri Pandits betrayed by those who claim to be their messiahs, he says

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said displaced Kashmiri Pandits were betrayed by those who claim to be their messiahs and promised to pass the Kashmiri Hindu Shrines Management Bill once in power to protect them.

“The NC had tabled the Kashmiri Hindu Shrines Management Bill in 2009. I was threatened not to get this legislation through. Today they are pretending to be the well-wishers of Kashmiri Pandits, who they are using to strengthen their vote bank,” Dr. Abdullah said at a day-long convention organised in Jammu.

He said when the Centre with a majority in Parliament can get the Bills on farm laws through, why can’t Bills regarding Kashmiri Pandits? “The Kashmiri Hindu Shrines Management Bill will definitely be passed when the NC will be mandated to form the Government. They will never pass such a Bill,” he said.