Disinformation
The
community,
as it was faced with bottlenecks in opportunities
and in jobs in the State started looking for
avenues in the Central government institutions in
the State where admissions and recruitments were
generally guided by merit or by competitive tests.
It managed to register better representation in
these sectors by virtue of merit and performance,
which became an eye-sore for the Muslims. Their
spokesmen never failed to remind the Central
government to create openings specially for the
Muslim candidates; and politicians of all parties
indulged in a compaign of disinformation alleging
that the Kashmiri Pandits had usurped nearly all
places in the Central government institutions.
In
fact, the Hindus never had more than nine percent
representation in these jobs, yet some self-styled
human rights agencies in the country and
politicians joined this chorus of disinformation
and advanced this pretext as a major cause for
disenchantment of Kashmiri Muslim Youth with
India.
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