Elections are going to be held in Delhi on February 5, 2025, for the State Assembly of Delhi. Voters in Delhi would cast their valuable votes very diligently this time. The displaced Kashmiri Pandit community members living in the Union Territory of Delhi, who are registered as voters therein, are also expected to vote on February 5, 2025. This is a humble appeal to all of them to come out in full numbers and cast their votes positively on election day. Every voter is reminded of the humiliating and embarrassing statements of Arvind Kejriwal, the then Chief Minister of Delhi, who made jokes in the Delhi Assembly about the tragic genocide of the Kashmiri Pandit community in Kashmir. It was he and his other AAP MLAs who opposed the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ and made objectionable and disparaging comments about the human rights violations perpetrated on the displaced community by the Islamic fundamentalist and terrorist elements in Kashmir. The AAP MLAs, all sitting in the Assembly Hall, sarcastically laughed and made jokes on this sensitive issue in full public gaze without keeping in view the sensitivities of the matter.
Next, the government led by Arvind Kejriwal helped the anti-national elements in Delhi and was a party to the attacks on Hindus during the anti-Hindu riots. They colluded with foreign anti-India powers to create anarchy in India, and Arvind Kejriwal publicly admitted that he was an anarchist. His government’s failure on all fronts is visible, and his role, particularly during the COVID-19 epidemic period, was not only condemnable but also aimed at harming society at large.
Kejriwal and his other AAP colleagues in the government and party have been involved in highly objectionable corruption cases, most of which went to jail and are presently on bail. They have huge allegations of corruptìon, misuse of official power and position and exploitation of their own comrades against them which are pending in the courts of law. Even the icon of their Movement against Corruption, Anna Hazare, is feeling extremely sorry about their conduct and work and has openly asked the voters in Delhi to think decisively before they vote. They have exhibited their conduct all this decade, which is extremely contrary to the principles of their movement, led by Anna & Kejriwal.
The AAP government in Delhi over the last decade has also brought the prestige of the national capital, Delhi, down by its gross failure to upgrade the infrastructure in the UT. The way the whole nation and other state capitals are making progress in all fields, Delhi has not been able to match up with them. As an important capital city in the world, Delhi has failed to reach the international level as Arvind Kejriwal promised ten years ago. This is a major failure of the AAP government in Delhi, in addition to the other big failures.
It is high time that they realised the blunders and huge mistakes that they committed to the detriment of public welfare and thus voted them out of power. All voters in Delhi, especially the members of the displaced Kashmiri Hindu community, are, once again, appealed to vote in favour of the BJP in these elections to pave the way for a double-engine government in Delhi under the overall stewardship of PM Narendra Modi. This is a golden opportunity to change the future of Delhi when a number of decades have already been wasted to trust the untrustworthy figures to date.
Appeal issued by prominent Kashmiri Pandit leaders, activists & intellectuals
Utpal Kaul -Historian
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo -Columnist & Human Rights Defender
Sanjay Ganjoo -Senior Consultant & Entrepreneur
R.K.Mattoo -Sr. Journalist
Kashi Akhoon -Financial Adviser
Vijay Handoo -Publisher
Dr. Manorama Bakshi -Sr. Scientist
Dileep Mattoo -Entrepreneur
Upinder Kaul -Businessman
Manoj Bhat -Educationist
