The proposal of the organisation, the J&K Peace Forum, figures in a representation made by the Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR), which enjoys consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council, at the ongoing 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council. The JKCHR, however, expressed concern over the “government-proposed exclusive Pandit colonies” or “securitised settlements”, saying such schemes reduce the displaced minority to a permanent security-dependent enclave and a politically instrumental demographic tool. Mahaldar said: “We have been advocating that we will return to our villages and localities, and not to the ghettos. Youth for Panun Kashmir chairman Rahul Kaul said the Pandits did not leave Kashmir voluntarily. To now lecture the victims about reintegration without acknowledging the genocide is intellectually dishonest and morally repugnant.”

Source: The Telegraph March 11, 2026 01:47 UTC