Jammu, Sep 23 - Shedding their reservations, many organisations of Kashmiri Hindus Wednesday evening heard out the Jammu and Kashmir government's plans for their return to their homeland, though two key groups stayed away.

The initiative -- driven by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Rs.1,600 crore package for the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Hindus living as migrants in several parts of the country, mostly in Jammu -- was discussed at a meeting here of an apex committee on the migrants' return.

It was described as a 'success' by the chairman of the panel, the state's Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla, who pointed out that only six of the 32 organisations were absent. But the absentees included both the groups of the key group called Panun Kashmir (Our Kashmir) that is fighting for a separate homeland.

'This is an eyewash. Why should the prime minister's package form a condition for our return to the valley, where people are still getting killed,' said Panun Kashmir activist Sunil Dhar.