Mahadeep Singh Jamwal
India claims that Pakistan has not removed its military forces, which India views as one of the first steps in implementing a resolution.India accused Pakistan of funding military groups in the region to create instability and accuses Pakistan of waging a proxy war.
o India accuses Pakistan of spreading anti-India sentiment among the people of Kashmir, through the media, to alter Kashmir opinion.
o According to India, most regions of Pakistani Kashmir, especially northern areas, continue to suffer from lack of political recognition, economic development and basic fundamental rights.
Pakistan view;
o Pakistan claims that according to two-nation theory Kashmir should have been with Pakistan, because it has a Muslim majority.
o Pakistan argues that India has shown disregard to the resolutions of he UN Security Council, and the United Nations Commission in India and Pakistan, by failing to hold a plebiscite.
o Pakistan rejects Indian claims of Kashmir, centring around the Instrument of Accession.
o Pakistan claims that India violated the Stand Still Agreement and tha the Indian troops were already in Kashmir before the Instrument of Accession was signed.
o Pakistan claims that Indian Armed forces, its paramilitary groups are responsible for quite large number of Kashmiri civilians and rapes of women.Pakistan claims that the Kashmir uprising demonstrates that the people of Kashmir no longer wish to remain part of India.
Kashmir view;
o It is difficult to access Kashmir public opinion, and the region contains supporters of various different solutions to the conflict. Alongside those who align more closely to ether the Pakistani or Indian Government views, there are also those who favor independence for Kashmir.
o The All Parties Hurriyat Conference represents the main separatist movement in Kashmir. However, it has multiple branches, each holding different views on how Kashmir should proceed independently, which is indicative of the vast array of opinions thatxist across the territory.
o Whether it is due to religion or region, Kashmir is not a unified voice on the matter of its future. Apart from the unending call for democracy and human rights standards, Kashmiris differ in their opinions all over the territory.
If we take the report of research by Asia Programme, led by Dr. John Nilsson-Wright authored by Robert W Bradnock in May 2010, it goes as under;
43 per cent of the total adult population wants complete independence for Kashmir.
1 per cent of Azad Kashmir (in Pakistan administered Kashmir) want to join India compared to 28 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir (in India-administered Kashmir).
50 per cent of Azad Kashmir wants to join Pakistan compared to 2 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir.
14 per cent of the total population wants to make the Line of Control a permanent border.
Born from 1947, the conflict in Kashmir continues today, involving three nuclear powers China, India and Pakistan – who are in dispute over the territory. Disputed State elections and military occupation led to some of the State’s Legislative Assemblies forming militant wings, which further created the catalyst for the Mujahideen insurgency, which continues to this day. Some facts require total admittance such as; the insurgent groups are losing influence. New mood in Indian- administered Kashmir is less supportive of the insurgency and more in favor of civil liberties and human rights. People vote enthusiastically in Assembly and Council polls but representatives betrayed them.
Concluding we have to sum up that the State of J and K is passing through very serious crises of total breakdown of government, its writ of order is being imposed through forces which is just close to the dictatorship, government in shambles and invisible on ground, the move of Central Government to hold talks outwardly rejected by the civil society of Kashmir, talks with selective leaders and inefficient ministers, total breakdown of constitutional provisions has left with no alternate except to dismiss the government and to put it under Governor rule. So instead of having prosaic stroll in sultry atmosphere of valley it is time to act accordingly.
(Concluded)