AIKS meets Kiren Rijiju; demand minority status, commission for Kashmiri Pandits

Posted by admin_kas on 2025-02-03 13:22:01 |

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New Delhi, Feb 03: All India Kashmiri Samaj ( AIKS) led by its president Ravinder Pandita Monday called on Kiren Rijiju, minister of minorities and Parliamentary affairs  in New Delhi.

As per the official handout issued here, AIKS discussed and presented him a memorandum seeking minority status and benefits to minorities within the state.

"The minister said that it was irony that Kashmiri hindus are minorities in state but majority in union which is true with a few states more," the handout reads.

It further reads that the minister listened to the points raised by AIKS like constituting a minorities commission in J&K, declaring us minorities and referred to SC direction of 2018 in a petition by Ankur Sharma as also Justice Venkatachaliah NHRC report.

The minister was apprised  of various meetings with NCM in the past also and recommendations also thereof. The issue assumes significance after abrogation of Art 370 and unification of J&K state, said Ravinder Pandita, President AIKS.

AIKS presented and felicitated Kiren Rijiju with a Sharda shawl and portrait and urged for reopening of Sharda Peeth PoK on the lines of Kartarpur.

The Minister after hearing the delegation suggested that a larger delegation should meet Union minister with these political issues and assured AIKS that he will facilitate a meeting with Home ministry.

AIKS team comprising its General Secretary Sunil Koul, Senior Vice President Vijay Kashkari, noted debator and activist Amit Raina and Shrawan Pandita, invited Kiren Rijiju for international Mother Tongue day festival to be organised in New Delhi on February 22, 2025 and presented him the latest issue of Naad Magazine, official mouthpiece of AIKS.