Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor expressed regret for not being able to introduce a Private Member’s Bill on the rights of Kashmiri Pandits in Parliament due to disruptions. Tharoor mentioned that the bill, first drafted in 2021, was finally listed after almost five years but could not be tabled.
Tharoor highlighted that the repeated adjournments in Parliament hindered the bill’s introduction, which aimed to address the legal rights of Kashmiri Pandits as a displaced community. Despite waiting for nearly five years, the bill remains stalled without formal introduction, as indicated by Tharoor’s statements and media reports.
The proposed bill seeks to recognize the forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s as an ongoing rights issue that requires parliamentary intervention. Tharoor’s efforts to reintroduce the bill in the 18th Lok Sabha faced delays and disruptions, preventing its formal introduction in February 2026.
