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The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution for the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants back to Kashmir valley.
As soon as the house met this morning, leader of opposition Omar Abdullah raised the issue. The motion was later endorsed and moved by the speaker of the house Kavinder Gupta.
The house passed the resolution unanimously and various members rendered their full support to the motion saying that with the improvement in situation government should facilitate the return and rehabilitation of Kashmir migrants who have to shun their places due to militancy.
However the Independent legislator from Langate Er.Rashid opposed the move and dubbed it worthless and impractical.
Parliamentary Affairs minister, Abdul Rahman Veeri said: “We accept the need to bring our people back who left and thus a resolution is being passed here.”
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Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution for the return of migrants who have moved out of Kashmir during past 27 years.
“A conducive atmosphere should be created for their safe return,” Speaker LA Kavendra Gupta read in the house.
Earlier, former Chief Minister and National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah had asked the government to pass a resolution to favour returning of all sections of people who migrated from Kashmir over the past 27 years.
“Besides Kashmiri Pandits, people from other communities including Sikhs also migrated from Kashmir due to the turmoil that hit Kashmir. Government should pass a resolution so that all those people will return to Kashmir,” Abdullah told the House.
Parliamentary Affairs minister, Abdul Rahman Veeri said: “We accept the need to bring our people back who left and thus a resolution is being passed here.”