(Image source from: India Abroad)

The Kashmiri Pandit community in Atlanta held a rally early this week in front of the CNN headquarters in support of abrogation of Article 370 that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Talking about the rally, Indian American Atlanta resident Subhash Razdan, said: “The rally highlighted the fact that these temporary articles related to Jammu and Kashmir needed these modifications as these were highly discriminatory against almost all Kashmiri minorities (such as Shias, Dalits, Gujjars, Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Sikhs)…”

Kashmiri Pandits at the rally recounted stories of how they were forced to leave their homeland in 1990 due to militancy and their yearning to return to the state.

"All those present believed that under this new freedom courtesy of the Modi Government, India's Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, and other minorities will now have a better chance to be equals before the law!" said Razdan, the former president of the National Federation of Indian American Association (NFIA).

The rally also saw Indian American community joining hands with Kashmiri Pandit community to support India’s decision.  

By Sowmya Sangam