Hakeem greets people on Mela Kher Bhawani, says ‘ KPs part of our culture, ethos’

Srinagar: Chairman People’s Democratic Front (PDF ) Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen on Friday greeted people of Jammu and Kashmir especially pandit community on the auspicious occasion of Mela Kheer Bhawani.
In his felicitation message Hakeem while greeting pandit brethren on Mela Kheer Bhavani,has has prayed that the auspicious occasion may prove harbinger of peace and prosperity in strife torn Jammu and Kashmir. He said annual celebration of the auspicious Mela reinvigorates and strengthens the bonds of communal harmony and brotherhood , the age old legacy and the hallmark of Kashmir’s composite culture and ethos. He said it was heartening and a moment of proud to see muslim and pandit brethren celebrating their religious and social festivals mutually in close unison despite many provocations by the vested interests to break their mutual communal attachments, respect and love for each other. He hoped that the people of Jammu and Kashmir would continue to keep the flag of communal harmony and mutual trust always high to defeat their enemies. Describing exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 as the darkest chapter of Kashmiri history, Hakeem said that the valley of seers and was eagerly waiting for their honourable return to Kashmir.He said kashmiri pandit community was inseparable part of Kashmir’s rich and composite ethos adding that the basic concept of ” Kashmiryat ” was incomplete without kashmiri Pandits.