Don't think anyone keep's a record. Anyone who has been in UK can verify this. Again it was a point made that: these people also deserve to be settled back into Kashmir, be there number's in couple of thousands.
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Ok, I agree there is a problem, I would be a liar and worse a fool to say that all Kashmiris are happy and all is hunky dory.
But if the majority of Kashmir population was unhappy easiest thing for them to do would be to boycott the elections held recently. No one can arrest you or harm you for not voting. Instead what we saw was higher than Indian avg vote percentage in Kashmir.
You have said in your prior post that situation is Kashmir is critical, in that case forget voting there would have been no elections all together and state of emergency imposed in Kashmir to control a popular uprising. The current situation is opposite, increasingly we have seen voting percentages rising and peaceful elections.
Now you have to see there will always be some people unhappy, in case of Kashmir - the massive army presence and AFSPA makes people even unhappier but army is necessary to fight the insurgents who cross over frequently with express purpose to destabilize the elected govt in Kashmir.
The point regarding Kashmiri leaving India in a large no to settle overseas is also not so serious. If it would have been then there would a refuge crisis some thing like Syria. UK govt would have released a report saying tens of thousands of Kashmiris are applying for asylum due to Indian army brutality. We have seen none of this.
It would be helpful if some data were available so we can compare avg no of Kashmiris leaving with the Indian avg as a whole. The absence of such data itself suggest there is no large scale migration.
I know perhaps you have a differing opinion and I welcome it. I agree that a solution is urgently needed to alleviate the suffering of Kashmiris and I pray that it happens
@ito @third eye @Norwegian your views on this