Kashmiri Hindus are refugees: Minority Commission June 28, 2007
Mumbai (Maharashtra): It is a matter of shame for the whole country that Hindus were oppressed and had to leave their properties and everything and were displaced from Kashmir. Such distressed Hindus have been deliberately slighted by referring them as 'refugees' in the annual report for the financial year 2006-07 of Minority Commission under the concerned Ministry. Minority Commission was formed taking population in the year 1978 as base for minority constituents of society. In the year 1992, the Commission was formed at State levels also from which Jammu and Kashmir was excluded. In North Eastern States like Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, Hindus can be minorities as Christians are more in these States. It will not be wrong to say that these States are ruled by Christians and Muslims. We read incidents of atrocities on Hindus published in the local newspapers. It has been observed from the reports for the States like Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, scholarships were given to Christian and Muslim children and not to minority Hindus. Minorities, especially Muslims, are backward in fields like education and finance. It is said in the report that as Muslim youth does not generally go for technical, medical or financial courses, it is necessary to help them.
