"Twenty years have passed and our people (Kashmiri Pandits) are still disenfranchised politically, socially and economically. More than 45,000 people are still in camps. The State Government of Jammu and Kashmir has been busy making false promises while Government of India has been consistent with a policy of appeasement," said Zutshi IMF chairman.
IKF delegates came from New York, California,
Washington and Florida. They met with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen on January 21.
They also met Congressmen Mike Honda, Ed Royce, Frank Pallone, Jerry McNerney and Senator Sherrod Brown; briefing them about the ground realties in Kashmir.
"It was a very successful set of meetings in which the plight of Kashmiri Pandits was front and center. It was also an achievement that they were further educated of the Kashmir Problem and Panun Kashmir solution," said Zutshi.
Other members of the IKF delegation were Maharaj Kaul from New York, Deepak Ganju from Florida ND Ishani Chaudry from Hindu America Foundation.
Meanwhile, they also strongly condemned Indian
National Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari's statement on Kashmiri Pandits' mass exodus from the Kashmir Valley.