Settle KPs at one place in Kashmir to ensure safety: JKVM

After the Narendra Modi government recently announced that it would be working on a policy to ensure their return to Kashmir Valley, an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits today said that members of the community should be resettled in one specific area in view of security concerns.
"We have made it clear that retention (following return) is possible only if the minority Kashmiri Pandits are rehabilitated in a single place. It will allow the returning Hindus to secure themselves," said Rattan Lal Bhat, a senior leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Vichar Manch (JKVM).
Bhat said that security is the primary concern where the return of Kashmiri Pandits is concerned.

He also welcomed the interest shown by Modi in working for the return of Kashmiri Pandits and expressed hope that the government would proceed on it in a comprehensive manner.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley had yesterday said in Srinagar, "All political groups in the Valley support the idea of return and rehabilitation and, therefore, you (Kashmiri Pandits) will have to wait for a few days for us to announce further policy measures on that."
Meanwhile, he clarified that the plan for the return of Kashmiri Pandits would work only if there is no dilution in the constitutional position of the state.

"Any attempt to alter the constitutional position of the state would change the ground situation. Likewise, any plans to scatter the returnees, by splitting the single-place rehabilitation demand, would proportionately reduce the sense of security among them," he said.