To chalk out the future strategy, leaders of four major organisations - All India Kashmiri Pandit Conference (AIKPC), Kashmiri Samiti, J&k Kashmiri Pandit Conference and Panun Kashmir Movement - met here recently and decided to ``churn out'' a common agenda for rehabilitation.

``Tall Government claims notwithstanding, militancy in the valley is showing no signs of receding. We cannot wait endlessly for the situation to improve as socially, economically and culturally we are undergoing degradation,'' said AIKPC president H N Jattu. He claimed an opinion was emerging within thecommunity to seek ``permanent rehabilitation'' outside the State.

Kashmiri Samiti president C L Gadoo said different views were being expressed within the community about their future. Besides, the community is suffering from a number of problems, he added. ``To evolve a common programme, we are planning a convention of all organisations of the community,'' he said. Asserting that the situation at the moment was not ``conducive'' for return, Gadoo, however, added that the Pandits could not give up their claim on their ``ancestral land''.

Another Pandit leader said, ``We have reports from Kashmir suggesting that our properties have been occupied by local people in connivance with police.

Referring to the recent statement by former CM G M Shah offering his ``salutations'' to militants, he said, ``There seems to be no secular political party in Jammu & Kashmir on which we can bank upon.''