Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 food for thought deen b. chandora aug22,2000 >SIARAM >ANI01, Cakkineni, anupamP, >roshni4, mbasu, Bhargave, >Bose, home, deenbc, >sunil.contractor1, leeila, >anugoyal, sskapur, KatariaN, >rajkhatri, skkhurana30068, srikanth, >MasterFood, rahul, ANIRLOKRE, >Walkingon, sharmi, bnandi, >arunanavathe, spandit, sanatk, >Raman1998, dungra, rajiv, >ATLREDDY, nat1ids, SShah0182, rshah, > sdshah, sonnss, aaam, >bhudev_sharma, VShastri, Ranjitrana, > asr12, globaltech.conexn, >thomasg, patti.tripathi, m_valand, > Vasuraj, girijavijay >Petition to Indian PM >Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:23:10 EDT > >August 22, 2000 > >Dear Friends, > >Here is the petition submitted to the Indian PM requesting him to take >immediate concrete action against the Islamic terrorists in Kashmir and >elsewhere in India. >Please circulate this petition amongst your friends and create awareness >amongst them that the situation in India is deteriorating fast and it is >absolutely necessary to put pressure on the Govt. of India to act >decisively >and firmly against the blood thirsty barbarians who have no value for human >rights. Please send your protest in writing to the Indian Embassey in >Washington, DC as well as Indian English newspapers. Let them know that you >care for your motherland, that you care for the innocent men, women and >children who are being slaughtered every day in Kashmir in the name of >religon. >Please wake up. If you don't act now, it will too late to stop the inhuman >and barbaric invasion of India from Pakistan & her friends from within >India. >Rgds >Dhiru Shah > > >Dear friends, > >I am pleased to inform you on this KRISHNASHTHAMI day, >August 22nd, 2000, Tuesday, I have just received >information from Shri Veer Ji Saraf that he has >delivered the "NRI's ANTI TERRORISM, FIRM HANDLING >PETITION" to the Prime Minister of India through the >Indian Embassy in Nepal. > >The petition was hand-delivered by a delegation >including Veer himself, representing the NRI >petitioners, which include five NRI organizations and >89 individual petitioners. > >As we celebrate KRISHNASHTHAMI, let us remember HIM: > >" hato va prapsyasi swargam > jitwa wa bhokshyase maheem > tasmat uttishtha Kounteya > yuddhay krutnishchayaha " - Geetha, II.37 > >The three documents (a) press-release (b) the NRI's >ATFH petition and © full list of petitioners >is appended below, copies of which are being routed on >behalf of the NRIs also through Indian Embassies in >Singapore, Italy and USA. > >We must see beyond the petition, and stop not till >Kashmir and Kashmiris are secure in India. > >- Pranawa > >NRI Press - release August 22, 2000 >------- >"NRI's ANTI-TERRORISM, FIRM HANDLING" PETITION TO THE >PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA. >-------------------- >We, the Non-Resident Indians, who remain firmly >committed to the honor and dignity of BHARAT, our >motherland, are outraged by the inept and weak >handling of the unabashed terrorism and violence in >Jammu and Kashmir. > >We are distressed at the continuing terrorist and >fundamentalist campaign in the state of Jammu & >Kashmir, causing the true inheritors of the land to >leave from their homeland and seek shelter in remote >corners of India, and even beyond the borders of >India, elsewhere in the world. > >The distress felt is accentuated by the fact that >India today is economically, technologically, >militarily, culturally superior to Pakistan, which is >economically, and morally bankrupt and facing acute >internal centrifugal problems to address which alone >it has unleashed terrorism on us. > >The "NRI's ANTI TERRORISM, FIRM HANDLING PETITION" to >the Prime Minister of India strongly appeals to the >Prime Minister of India to deal with the situation >that is becoming of a great and strong nation. We >appeal that the Government takes decisive and >immediate steps drive terrorism out of Jammu and >Kashmir, secure safe homeland for the Kashmiri Hindus, >and complete the comprehensive integration of the >entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, inclusive of PoK, >in the Union of India. > >On behalf of the petitioners, this ATFH petition is >being simultaneously released and delivered to the >Prime Minister of India in New Delhi, and also routed >through the Indian Embassies in Nepal, Singapore, >Italy and USA. > >- NRIs from Canada, Cyprus, Italy, Nepal, Nigeria, >Singapore and U.S.A., and, > >(A) ASIA PACIFIC KASHMIRI (B) BHARAT AWARENESS FORUM > PANDIT FORUM > APT BLK 518 1765 LAZY RIVER LANE > PASIR RIS STREET 52, #05-37 ATLANTA, GA 30350, > SINGAPORE - 510518 USA > > >Vir Ji Saraf ( President ) Dhiru Shah, > Basant Tariyal > Pranawa C.Deshmukh, >apkpf Subash Razdan, > Ram Sidhaye > > bharat_awareness_forum_baf > >© PANUN KASHMIR MOVEMENT (D) PANUN KASHMIR (USA) > (OVERSEAS) > 48-50, SUITE .# 5F 6 JEAN ROAD > 38th STREET MANSFIELD, MA > 02048-3325 > L.I.C. NY-11101. U.S.A. U.S.A. > > Sunil Bali >(Co-ordinator, Lalit Koul PKM >Overseas) (Coordinator, > Panun Kashmir -USA) > > pk_movement panunkashmir > >(E) GLOBAL KASHMIRI PANDIT HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM > P.O.BOX. 7211. > JYATHA, KATHMANDU. > NEPAL. > > Manmohan Khar (Secretary) > gkphrf >----------- >----------- > ATFH PETITION FOLLOWS >----------- >----------- >NRI's 'ANTI-TERRORISM, FIRM HANDLING' PETITION >August 22, 2000 > >TO : HONORABLE SHRI ATAL BIHARI VAJAPAYEE JI, > THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA., > New Delhi > >We, the Non Resident Indians spread across the world >have been keenly watching the situation as it has been >unfolding in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. We are very >much shocked and outraged at the large-scale killing >of civilians and Amarnath yatris in Jammu & Kashmir >and the unabated attacks on the Indian Armed Forces. >We have been viewing with dismay and consternation, >the conflicting, inconsistent, ineffective and largely >reactive responses from New Delhi against these >challenges to the National Security. > >Pakistan, in tandem with the indigenous vested >interests has been sponsoring and fomenting endless >violence, instability, subversion, terrorism and >fundamentalist indoctrination in its attempts to force >the state of Jammu & Kashmir to secede from the Union >of India. This has resulted in the loss of lives of >thousands of innocent civilians, rendered hundreds of >thousands of people refugees in their own country and >destruction of billions of Rupees worth of property >and infrastructure. > >At this crucial moment in the history, India needs to >stand up against terrorism, blackmail, violence and >fundamentalism. And as a nation should resist, thwart, >punish and defeat all such forces, which are out to >undermine the integrity and unity of the nation. Every >self-respecting country has a sovereign right to >defend her own people and territory against terrorism >and a bounden duty to take action against those who >champion violence, terrorism and Jihad. India should >make her own choices, independent of pressures and >stop worrying about the repercussions. No country will >help or respect another country that is unable to >defend herself. > >We would also like to remind that the Prime Minister >of India, as the leader of one billion people and the >Government of India are bound and committed by a >Parliamentary Resolution of 1994 to liberate Pakistan >occupied Kashmir from the illegal occupation of >Pakistan. The Government of India should formulate a >concrete plan to accomplish this mission which we >would welcome and strongly support. The lack of clear, >strong and effective policy on Kashmir issue has so >far cost India very dearly. India has been on the >receiving end because of its susceptibility and >vulnerability bordering on gullibility when it comes >to negotiations as demonstrated in the past. > >Hon'ble Prime Minister, we want to express our anguish >and pain for the untold miseries and sufferings >perpetuated against the indigenous Kashmiri Hindu >minority in Kashmir. This community has been hounded >out and completely uprooted from Kashmir by fanatic >terrorists. Instead of providing relief to this unique >Hindu community, the state and the central Governments >have chosen to turn a blind eye to their woes. The >Government of India needs to acknowledge that serious >Human Rights violations amounting to genocide have >taken place against them and should urgently take >measures to redress their problems. We also would like >to remind that there can be no lasting peace unless >and until all the sections of the people in Jammu & >Kashmir including the Kashmiri Hindus are taken into >confidence and measures formulated to accommodate >their aspirations within the framework of the >Constitution of India. > >Hon'ble Prime Minister, we therefore urge for >positive, firm, strong and effective steps to >demonstrate that the Government of India means >business. This would also be a befitting reply to the >notion that the incumbent Government in New Delhi has, >by its acts of surrender and soft pedaling of >terrorism, converted India into a "Soft State". It is >also important that severe and punitive action is >taken against terrorists, their harbourers and their >sponsors across the border and the fight be taken into >their territory. This should be matched by a very >consistent, well planned, strong, effective and a long >term Kashmir policy on the home front. The Kashmir >conflict is not about religion - it is about freedom >of religion. It is a battle between a religious >tyranny and a secular democracy. > >We believe that since Jammu & Kashmir is a part of the >Indian Union by the Independence Act of 1947 and the >Instrument of Accession, the UN has no locus standing >in the matters pertaining to Jammu & Kashmir. It has >suffered aggression by Pakistan since 1947 and >Pakistan should be treated as an aggressor. > >While as we, the community of Non Resident Indians is >trying our best to set the record straight and expose >the nefarious designs of Pakistan, we appeal for >caution in dealing with Pakistan and its Chief >Executive. As India is committed to defeat terrorism, >a meeting with the Military ruler of a country which >has been trying to undermine the unity and integrity >of the Indian nation by terrorist activities would be >a step backwards, to reason with terrorists is to >encourage them. And, even if that meeting has to take >place, the UN is not an appropriate place. Meeting >with General Musharraf at the UN would be tantamount >to acknowledging the role of the UN in the Jammu & >Kashmir imbroglio and would open the flood gates of >International intervention. And it would, in a way >legitimize the Jihad strategy of Pakistan. > >Therefore, we strongly appeal and urge that any >negotiations to be held with Pakistan should be within >a set of very clear and well-defined parameters. We >would like your goodself, as the leader of all the >people of the Indian nation and the head of the >Government of India to affirm and assure that: - > >i) There would be no more territorial concessions. >ii) The only unfinished business should be to reclaim >and retake Pakistan occupied Kashmir; >iii) There would be no talks with Pakistan unless and >until it stops cross border terrorism and violence, >failing which India would take strong, punitive and >effective measures in destroying terrorist bases >inside and across the Line of Control. > >This would lay the foundations for a strong, vibrant, >confident, and prosperous India. >------------------- >------------------- >NRI individual supporters and List of >Sponsoring organization follows >------------------- >------------------- >August 22, 2000, 06:00 GMT > >PETITIONERS to the " NRI's ATFH PETITION TO THE PRIME >MINISTER OF INDIA" > >(A) ASIA PACIFIC KASHMIRI (B) BHARAT AWARENESS FORUM > PANDIT FORUM > APT BLK 518 1765 LAZY RIVER LANE > PASIR RIS STREET 52, #05-37 ATLANTA, GA 30350, > SINGAPORE - 510518 USA > > >Vir Ji Saraf ( President ) Dhiru Shah, > Basant Tariyal > Pranawa C.Deshmukh, >apkpf Subash Razdan, > Ram Sidhaye > > bharat_awareness_forum_baf > >© PANUN KASHMIR MOVEMENT (D) PANUN KASHMIR (USA) > (OVERSEAS) > 48-50, SUITE .# 5F 6 JEAN ROAD > 38th STREET MANSFIELD, MA > 02048-3325 > L.I.C. NY-11101. U.S.A. 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