Srinagar, June 3 -- PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday sought the dignified return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, saying their reintegration must not be viewed merely as a symbolic return, but as an opportunity to build a shared, inclusive and forward-looking future for Jammu and Kashmir. The former chief minister called on lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar, her first one-on-one meeting with the LG in five years, and submitted an "inclusive and phased roadmap to facilitate meaningful progress" on the front. The PDP chief also submitted copies of the proposal to Union home minister Amit Shah and chief minister Omar Abdullah. Her meeting with the LG comes even as scores of Kashmiri Pandits are reaching the Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal, for the annual fair on June 3. In her proposal, the former chief minister said every displaced Kashmiri Pandit family should be allotted half-a-kanal (one kanal is 505.87 sqm) of state land in their district of origin, contingent upon their willingness to return. The families whose original homes still exist, but are in dilapidated or semi-damaged condition, should be provided targeted financial grants or interest-free loans for structural repairs and modernisation, she added. She also demanded establishment of two reserved assembly constituencies for the community. "This issue goes beyond politics and touches the very core of our collective conscience. It is a moral imperative and a societal responsibility to ensure that our Pandit brothers and sisters, who were tragically displaced from their homeland, are provided with the opportunity to return in a manner that is dignified, secure and sustainable," she said in the letter. The PDP chief said the return of displaced individuals must be anchored in a sense of security for government employees who play a critical role in rebuilding community confidence. Legislator and chief spokesman of National Conference questioned that after remaining away from Raj Bhawan for five years, was Mehbooba Mufti and her party seeking realignment. "People are beginning to ask serious questions. For five years, Mehbooba Mufti refused to knock on the doors of Raj Bhawan, taking an opposing stand after her break-up with the BJP. What has changed now? Does this sudden outreach signal a shift in her political posture? Is she preparing for a realignment, or is the BJP already working behind the scenes to bring her and her party closer," questioned Sadiq. He even said that those leaders who had earlier left her party to join others are now returning and just a day later, a party widely seen as close to the BJP met the LG. "That doesn't seem like a coincidence. The timing raises more questions than it answers, especially with reports of the BJP president being changed at the central level." He said that as for the explanation that the meeting was about Kashmiri Pandits let's not forget, their issue is not new. "It's a decades-old concern that could've been raised at any point in the last five years. So clearly, this meeting wasn't just what it's being made out to be." A delegation of leaders of J&K Apni Party led by Mohammad Dilawar Mir, chairman, parliamentary affairs committee, on Sunday had also met L-G Sinha and discusses various issues....