Panun Kashmir calls Seventh Exodus a Seventh Cycle of Jatividhvans
25/09/2026
Jammu,September 25 (KIP)-Panun Kashmir has described the present displacement of Kashmiri Pandits as the community’s seventh exodus and seventh cycle of Jatividhvans, asserting that the repeated history of displacement, dispossession and disruption of the community’s cultural and civilisational presence demonstrates the need for a permanent political and constitutional settlement in Kashmir.
Panun Kashmir Convenor Dr. Agnishekhar said the present crisis cannot be viewed as an isolated episode or reduced to questions of rehabilitation and resettlement alone.
“This is our seventh exodus and seventh cycle of Jatividhvans. The significance is not merely numerical. It represents, in our understanding, a recurring historical pattern involving loss of life and property, displacement, disruption of institutions and erosion of the indigenous Kashmiri Hindu presence in its ancestral homeland.”
Dr. Agnishekhar said Jatividhvans provides an Indic framework through which the cumulative consequences of repeated displacement and disruption can be understood in their broader historical and civilisational context.
“The Kashmiri Pandit experience cannot be reduced to rehabilitation statistics. It involves identity, cultural continuity, property, institutions, justice and the preservation of the community’s relationship with its ancestral homeland. Any discussion on return must therefore be viewed in the context of the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991.”
He added that sustainable coexistence requires more than temporary assurances.
“Coexistence cannot be something written on a slate with chalk today and erased tomorrow, only to be written again after every successive displacement. Sustainable coexistence requires security, justice, institutional guarantees and conditions that ensure non-recurrence.”
Panun Kashmir Chairman Tito Ganju reiterated that the organisation’s principal political demand remains the creation of Panun Kashmir—a separate, secure and constitutionally protected homeland in the Valley, with guarantees for security, dignity, cultural continuity and political rights.
“The seventh exodus must be the last. History has demonstrated the limitations of temporary assurances and arrangements. We seek a permanent political and constitutional settlement that guarantees security, identity, rights and continuity in the homeland.”
Ganju said that any discussion on the return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits must place justice, restitution, security and non-recurrence at its centre.
“Return cannot be treated merely as an administrative exercise involving housing, employment and resettlement. The fundamental questions are: what happened, what rights were lost, what justice is required, and what institutional arrangements can ensure non-recurrence?”
He stressed that return must be voluntary and undertaken only under conditions of safety and dignity, within the political framework articulated in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991.
Ganju further stated that reconciliation cannot become a substitute for justice or constitutional safeguards.
“Reconciliation cannot mean overlooking allegations of killings, destruction of homes, desecration of religious places or sexual violence. Allegations of criminal conduct must be investigated and adjudicated through due process of law. Justice and accountability are essential foundations for addressing the suffering of the displaced community.”
Panun Kashmir reiterated that its political framework encompasses recognition of what it describes as the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits, accountability for alleged atrocity crimes, restitution of properties, restoration and protection of temples and cultural heritage, comprehensive reparations, and political and constitutional safeguards with enforceable guarantees of non-recurrence.
The organisation said these measures must ultimately form part of a durable settlement that enables the Kashmiri Pandit community to return voluntarily with security, dignity, institutional protection and continuity in its ancestral homeland.
“The seventh exodus must be the last. The cycle of Jatividhvans must end through justice, security and a permanent constitutional settlement—Panun Kashmir, as envisaged in the Margdarshan Resolution of 1991.”