MAHADEEP SINGH JAMWAL
The BJP alliance partner in State Government at present is a divided house and contradictory statements are reported on Burhan killing with regard to the event. Some are toeing on the line of CM and others contradicting it, thus confusing the true stand of the leadership in Jammu.
It is not out of context to place my view, that the turmoil in Kashmir, is also well linked to the present setup of State Government as BJP is considered by Valleyities as a political face of saffron brigade propagating Hindu agenda only, is not tolerable to Valleyites and PDP campaigning against BJP and RSS ideology has embraced the same party, thus feeling exploited and deceived by PDP. This feeling of Valleyites was kept dozed by late CM Mufti Mohammad Syed by bombarding immediately after oath ceremony on Monday, 2nd Mach, 2015 by stating that Hurriyat militant outfits and ‘people from across the border’ an oblique reference to Pakistan – allowed conducive atmosphere for the state assembly elections held late last year. Much hue and cry was raised over the statement, ignoring the role of Election Commission of India, different forces and administrative machinery in conduction of smooth elections but crediting Hurriyat militant outfits and ‘people from across the border’ for the same. Home Minister Raj Nath Singh, distanced the Modi Government and the BJP from the controversial remarks, made by Mufti shortly after the swearing-in ceremony by issuing official statement in Lok Sabha that, “Our Government and BJP fully disassociate with the statement of J and K Chief Minister crediting Pakistan and Hurriyat for smooth conduct of Assembly election.”
This was a political move by late Mufti Mohd Syed, to keep silent the separatists forces who was well polished and experienced politician than Mehbooba Mufti, who was mustering trouble for herself by issuing such statements not acceptable to separatists. She failed to realise the simmering among people and separatists, which erupted, taking Burhan killing as master occasion by the separatists.
In view of facts enumerated above, we can easily pen down, that the present situation in Jammu and Kashmir is also attributed to the same mindset of 2010 unrest; similar measures in place to deal with it. The only difference apparently seems of different political party’s government in the Center as well as in the State. In 2010, in the State, it was government of Valleyites in complete and at present it is government of two opposite diametrical poles of different ideology. It was exactly a terrific beginning for an unnatural marriage.
The turmoil in Kashmir is advancing towards new most disturbing trends such as;
o Un-ruling mobs resorting to extortion in Valley as people driving Srinagar roads complain of stopping their vehicles seeking money or damaging their vehicles
o Separatists call for mainstream boycott and outracing of main stream politicians of the State, saying they were ‘collaborators and loyalist abettors’ of the Center and equal partners in the crime against people of Valley.
It is time to say, that immediate solution for the troubled water of Valley, is required in whatever form it may be i.e. political, financial package or through dialogue, with an end of discrimination, exploitation and step motherly treatment to other regions of State also.
As a keen observer on Jammuites feelings, I can vouch, that a call for separate Jammu is looming at the door step, as Jammu region has ever remained neglected by the Kashmir centric politics, owing to discrimination in all fields of live and life, that may be government jobs, distribution of funds, and allocation of premier institutions, social schemes, and what not. “A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is victory, for every sadness there is joy, and when you think you’ve lost everything, there is hope”
Concluding, looking and wishing for appropriate time to say “Because now that it’s finally morning, the shadows are beginning to fade, the shadows that have been covering my mind and my soul. Now that they’re gone, I can almost start to see the way, and it’s different from the one they’d convinced me was all I could have”Response at;
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