What really happened to Kashmiri Pandits?

The local organisation of pandits in Kashmir, Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti after carrying out a survey in 2008 and 2009, said that 399 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by insurgents from 1990 to 2011 with 75\% of them being killed during the first year of the Kashmiri insurgency.

Who was CM during Kashmiri Pandit exodus?

The killings of Kashmiri Hindus, including many prominent ones. In order to undermine his political rival Farooq Abdullah who at that time was the Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the Minister of Home Affairs Mufti Mohammad Sayeed convinced Prime Minister V.P. Singh to appoint Jagmohan as the governor of the state.

Was BJP a VP Singh Govt?

In 1988, he formed the Janata Dal party by merging various factions of the Janata Party. In the 1989 elections, the National Front, with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), formed the government and Singh became the 8th Prime Minister of India.

Do Kashmiri Brahmins eat beef?

Although beef is widely consumed by Muslims the world over and is even part of the staple diet of rural Kashmiris, it has never found a place on the menu of this 1.3 million-strong city. “In fact, the eating habits of Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits have always been similar. Both are voracious mutton eaters.”

Who was the PM of India in Jan 1990?

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [vishvanaath prataap sinh]) (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), also known as V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.

Who was the ruling party in India in 1990?

National Front (NF) was a coalition of political parties, led by the Janata Dal, which formed India’s government between 1989 and 1990 under the leadership of N. T. Rama Rao, popularly known as NTR, as President of national front and V. P. Singh as Convener.