Amid claims of fresh exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from J&K's Shopian, Congress attacks Modi govt

The Congress party is trying to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party over one of the saffron party's core issues - the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. The Congress on 27 October 2022 cited claims of a fresh exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir's Shopian district.

Amid a spate of targeted killing of civilians by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, around 10 Kashmiri Pandit families are claimed to have left their village, Choudharygund, in Shopian out of fear and moved to Jammu. Members of the minority community, who have since been camping in Jammu, ruled out any plan to return to the Valley.

However, authorities in Shopian have contested claims of an exodus, saying that Kashmiri Pandits have not been leaving en masse.

The Opposition Congress party demanded that the Narendra Modi government release a white paper on the plight of the minority community during its eight-year rule.

Congress also sought an apology from the Modi administration for being unable to stop targeted killings by terrorists. The party said that there have been 30 targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits between January and October 2022.