NEW DELHI: The two-day Global Hindu Thought Leaders' Conference which was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi concluded late here today. The International conference was organised by Global Hindu Federation, UK and World Hindu Federation, Nepal jointly.
The chief guest in the conference was Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture. The BJP Delhi State President and MP Manoj Tiwari was the guest of honour while Ravinder Kishore Sinha MP Rajya Sabha was the special invitee in the function. Among the prominent figures who spoke in the conference included Pardip Kukreja, Chairman, GHF, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, Chairman, Organising Chairman of Kashmir Conference, Satish Sharma, President, GHF-UK, Dr. Rajat Mitra, famous psychologist-writer and human rights defender and Sardar Ravi Ranjan Singh, prominent social activist.
The conference besides adopting Delhi Declaration and Memorandum of Unity also formulated the details of Kashmir Conference of Global Hindu Thought Leaders scheduled to be held this year in August at Srinagar, Kashmir. Those who were faliciitated in the Conference besides the prominent speakers included Utpal Kaul, a senior socio-political activist on Kashmir.
Prahlad Singh Patel in his address stressed upon the need of strengthening the concept of Hindutva with emphasis on positive aspects of social, cultural and political life. He said that Hindu way of life, culture, civilisation, religion and tradition are the basis of human divinity that has a great future for whole of the humanity. He referred to PM Modi's efforts to bring into focus the traditional legacy of India at an international level The government would do everything possible to protect and promote the age old civilization, culture and art of India which has spiritual significance for our generations to come.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo spoke on Kashmir extensively and thanked the government of India for taking bold and decisive action in Jammu and Kashmir thus paving way for the resettlement of the Pandits in the valley. He presented a seven-point "Agenda of Future" for Kashmir in the conference which was approved by the delegates unanimously. It said:
1. All those Hindus-Sikhs of Kashmir who were forced to leave the Kashmir valley in the past 700 years due to religious persecution, division of Jammu and Kashmir state in 1947 and terrorism need to be resettled in Kashmir as the primary stakeholders of the valley of Kashmir. In this connection, the planning should be initiated forthwith.
2. All such seven hundred thousand people may be resettled at one place in the valley keeping in view their geo-political and fundamental aspirations in Kashmir.
3. In order to secure the political rights of the Hindu-Sikh communities in the valley, the delimitation process need to reserve five seats in the Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for these victim minorities.
4. A "Special Crimes Tribunal" be established to enquire into the excesses, genocide and ethnic cleansing committed against the Hindu-Sikh minorities of Kashmir in view of the pronouncement made by the National Human Rights Commission in 1999 in this regard.
5. A Bill envisaging preservation, protection, promotion and management of Hindu temples and shrines in Kashmir be adopted as an ordinance by the UT of Jammu and Kashmir in the immediate future.
6. The Government of India in 2008 declared a Special Prime Minister's Package recruitment drive for the youth of the displaced community from Kashmir. Since this drive has already benefitted thousands of displaced youth over the last ten years, in order to fill up all 6,000 reserved posts in the government under this package, the necessary remaining recruitment is supposed to be done without any further delay. In this connection, the administrative measures may be taken on priority and the whole process needs to be completed by the end of this year.
7. The over-aged youth of the displaced community, who could not apply for the government jobs, due to being over-aged, may be granted 'one-time compensation settlement' so that they are in a position to carry on their life in the valley of Kashmir with dignity, assurance and the required financial strength.