As the row over the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ continued to simmer in the Delhi Assembly on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed that while BJP cared about the movie, the AAP cared about Kashmiri Pandits.
He alleged that the BJP was making crores of rupees out of the agony of Kashmiri Pandits, while it had not done anything to rehabilitate them. He demanded the immediate rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.
“Now that we have raised the topic of Kashmiri lives, they are hiding faces and are choosing to run away because they have no answers to the real questions that are being raised,” Mr. Sisodia said. He added that the instances which occurred during Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Jagan Mohan’s time were “a matter of a more distant past, but in the past eight years, the BJP has continuously held power both in Kashmir and in the Centre.”
The senior AAP leader said that the crucial question was — why are Kashmiri Pandits still displaced after 32 years.
He claimed that the BJP has consistently promised to solve the troubles of displaced Kashmiris in their manifesto in every election season, but failed to deliver every time.
The Deputy Chief Minister reiterated that ₹200 crore earned by the movie should be used for the welfare of the Kashmiri Pandits and the movie should be uploaded on YouTube so that everyone could watch it.
“For 32 years, Kashmiris who have been displaced within their own country have suffered, and Delhi and various states have given them refuge and have aided them,” he said.
Mr. Sisodia said that the Delhi government gave permanent jobs to 233 Kashmiri teachers and also pays ₹3,250 per month to the victims of the exodus.
