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| State Must Align Law with its Own Admissions: Panun Kashmir | | Renews Call for PK Genocide Bill 2020 | 
Jammu, February 26 (Scoop News)-Panun Kashmir on Thursday renewed its demand for the enactment of a comprehensive Genocide Bill, asserting that multiple constitutional authorities and statutory institutions of the Indian State have already acknowledged the gravity of the crime committed against Kashmiri Pandits.
In a strongly worded joint statement, Dr. Agnishekhar, Convenor of Panun Kashmir, Prof. Tito Ganju, Official Spokesman, and Kuldeep Raina, General Secretary, said that the time for rhetorical acknowledgment has passed and the moment now demands legislative clarity.
Referring to recent public remarks by the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, the leadership noted that describing denial of the genocide as a “second annihilation” constitutes a formal moral recognition of the first. “When the constitutional head of the Union Territory recognizes that denial compounds annihilation, the State has already admitted the substance of the crime,” the statement read.
The leaders further pointed to the Government of India’s notification banning the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, issued during the tenure of Union Home Secretary Rajeev Gauba, in which reference was made to acts that led to the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits. “This was not a political slogan. It was a statutory act of the Republic of India,” they emphasized.
Panun Kashmir also cited statements made on the floor of Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who rejected narratives attempting to portray the events as voluntary migration or propaganda and affirmed the targeted and grave character of the atrocities.
In addition, the organization referred to remarks by Union Law Minister Arjun Megwal, who in intervention with PM Package employees acknowledged the scale of targeted violence, genocide and displacement faced by the community, emphasizing the seriousness of the historical wrongs committed.
Panun Kashmir further recalled the findings of the National Human Rights Commission, which had recorded that the community had been subjected to ethnic cleansing akin to genocide , a finding that remains on institutional record.
Dr. Agnishekhar stated that “the Republic cannot afford a contradiction where genocide is acknowledged in speeches and notifications but remains absent from statute.” He argued that recognition in law is essential not only for historical accuracy but also for constitutional morality.
Prof. Tito Ganju added that acknowledgment without codification weakens the credibility of democratic institutions. “When executive authorities, statutory bodies, and Parliamentarians have all articulated the gravity of the crime, legislative silence creates a dangerous vacuum,” he said, stressing that the proposed Genocide Bill seeks alignment between constitutional promise and statutory expression.
Kuldeep Raina underscored that the demand is not rooted in vengeance but in juridical clarity and safeguards against recurrence. “A nation that aspires to uphold justice must have the courage to name crimes within its own borders. Recognition in law is the foundation for accountability and prevention,” he said.
Panun Kashmir reiterated that the proposed Genocide Bill aims to formalize recognition, provide a legal framework for documentation and accountability, and ensure institutional guarantees of non-recurrence. The organization asserted that the issue is not political but constitutional.
“The State has already spoken through its institutions,” the joint statement concluded. “It must now act through its legislature and enact the Proposed Panun Kashmir’s Genocide Bill.”
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