Author: PNS
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: November 2, 2010
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/293833/Kashmiri-Pandits-want-sedition-case-against-Roy.html
Jammu-Kashmir Vichar Manch, an organisation
of Kashmiri Pandits, on Monday asked the Centre to initiate a sedition case
against writer Arundhati Roy for the remarks she made recently in Delhi on
the Kashmir issue.
Ajay Bharti, president of the Manch, said
in Thiruvananthapuram that the writer herself might not be afraid of such
a case but an act like that could deter others from making such irresponsible
statements and joining separatist forces.
Speaking at a seminar, Bharti said that Roy's
remarks were focused only on a limited part of Kashmir and alleged that the
ground realities in the Valley were being ignored by a section of people.
He said Roy's remarks sympathising with the displaced Kashmiri Pandits were
made "out of compulsion".
If she was sincere in her remarks on this
"she would have joined our dharna in New Delhi where we were fighting
for our rights," he said, adding that Roy did not even visit them but
instead participated in another dharna by "the violators of our rights."
The seminar was organised by the Bharatiya Vichara Kendram.
According to Bharti, people like Arundhati
Roy were aiding the radicalisation of the Sufi ideals that led the Kashmiris.
He said the Manch leaders were currently traveling across the country to highlight
the real picture of events in the Valley.
