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Protest demonstration against Government of India's Kashmir policy in UK London (UK) October 2, 2010 |
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ndo- European Kashmir Forum (IEKF) in collaboration with the Friends of the BJP and the other Hindu Organizations held a huge demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in London to protest against the Government of India’s Policies on Kashmir. The demonstrators highlighted ethnic cleansing and mass genocide of Kashmiri Hindus at the hands of terrorists and separatists.. IEKF and the members from various other organization stated that Article 370 resulted in the gross ethnic cleansing of over half million Kashmiri Hindus from the valley and granting more autonomy to the Jammu & Kashmir State will annihilate Kashmiri minorities. They condemned the Government of India’s soft attitude and appeasement policies towards Kashmiri Muslim Separatists and terrorists. The Government of India was cautioned that the continuation of the appeasement policies towards Muslim secessionists is encouraging them to push their agenda of Talibanization in Kashmir which is also extending its tentacles across the whole of India. The Indian Government needs to use all its might to crush the secessionist forces and their anti-national agenda. It was reiterated that it will be a dangerous precedence for India to catapult under these black-mailing tactics of secessionists and terrorists. India and the Indians who believe in the sovereign nation of India and its sacred Constitution ,it must to be protected at any cost. The banners and placards were used to urge the Government of India to save Kashmir from balkanization and condemned its apathy towards Kashmiri Hindus .The members of the Hindu students Forum raised passionate slogans like, ‘save Kashmiri Hindus, Scrap Article 370, stop destruction of temples in Kashmir, Kashmir belongs to India.’ The young Hindu protestors demanded that Article 370 to be formally revoked and the Kashmiri Hindus ,who have been living in exile in different parts of the country for the last two decades, are rehabilitated as per their aspirations .The demonstration demanded to restore the political and economic rights of Kashmiri Hindus to give them equal status and not a second class citizenship in their own country. They stressed that the Hindu communities all over the world totally oppose the idea of autonomous Kashmir , as by the virtue of the Instrument of Accession ,Kashmir is an integral part of India. The demonstration was made further vibrant and powerful by some the students blowing their horns in support of what was being said and the messages that were displayed on the banners and placards. The demonstration also demanded that the Government of India secures the full constitutional rights of Kashmiri minorities guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. It demanded that the Government of India immediately disposes of all the discriminatory practices and processes against Kashmiri minorities. A group of five KH children handed in the memorandums to an Official of the Indian High Commission. The memorandum was addressed to the Prime Minister of India, and copies of the same memorandum were given for the High Commissioner of India and the Co-ordination Minister of the Indian High Commission in London. The BBC World Service covered the event . Finally, one minute silence was observed as a mark of respect to those brave men and women who have lost their lives in fighting the battle for their community.The demonstration closed at 4.00 pm by reciting the prayer ‘Om Jaya Jagadish Hariay..’ and then the Indian National Anthem ‘ Vande Mataram….’ Krishna Bhan On behalf of IEKF and the UK Hindu Organizations. Indo-European Kashmir Forum is the voice of the displaced Kashmiri Hindus in India and in the Kashmir Valley. The Organization was founded in the late eighties with the support of the wider Indian Communities. The Forum highlights the plight of Kashmiri Hindus who have become victims of terrorism and it also investigates violations of human rights of Kashmiri Hindus at the hands of terrorists organizations. |
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