Mohit Bhan, a Kashmiri Pandit who left in 1990 after the eruption of armed conflict in Kashmir and came back in 2018 said that he has lived in several villages and cities for the last three years and he has never felt threatened.
“We do not need any security or any ex serviceman to come here. Common Kashmiris or local people are my real shield. The Local muslims walk shoulder to shoulder with me and they made me realize that I am safe and secure with common Kashmiris than anyone else,” Mohit said in a two-minute video.
Dr. Subramanian Swami on Saturday while visiting Kashmir valley had said that ex-servicemen should be settled in Kashmir to protect Kashmiri Pandits if they want to return to the valley.
Stating that most Kashmiri Pandits reject the statement of Swamy, he said, “I want to tell Subramanian Swamy that he is reflecting the agenda of RSS, which is mainly devised for demographic changes in the Kashmir valley.”
He added, “You are using Kashmiri Pandits for your politics. We can see every day a new contractor of Kashmiri Pandits comes up to sell our pain and use our sufferings to sell their own agenda.”
“Do you think you could settle ex-servicemen in every village and cites where policemen or political activists from every religion lost their lives?” he asked.
Mohit Bhan said that the agenda behind the move to settle ex-soldiers is to change the structure and demography of Kashmir valley- an agenda not acceptable to Kashmiri Pandits.