UN could not execute Indian Complaint for 77 yrs-Is it not time to make a direct call on Pakistan to move out of POJK by an appointed date?

• How long will status of Internally Displaced Persons & not of ‘refugees’ will continue for POJK-1947 DPs?
• Voicing concern only through UN desk route is not going to make Pakistan behave and yield occupied areas

DAYA SAGAR
In February 1992 J&K was engulfed in acute militancy as well as separatist activities so it can be argued by some that Sri. P. V Narasimha Rao government ( June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996; Congress MPs 252 and BJP MPs 121 )might not have asked Pakistan to vacate the areas by an appointed date since what next after Pakistan does not vacate could be the question and Mr. Narasimha Rao did not return for 2nd term in 1996. Instead from May 1966 till Oct 1999 India had two Lok Sabha elections ( 11th and 12th) and four Coalition Governments{ Atal Behari Vajpayee Ji- (May 16, 1996 to June 1, 1996 ) , H.D. Deva Gowda ji ( June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997 ) , I.K. Gujral Ji ( April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998 ) and Atal Behari Vajpayee ji (March 19, 1998 to October 10, 1999)}.No doubt after 22 Feb 1994 also once again there was a war between India and Pakistan initiated by Pakistan in 1999 along Ladakh region of J&K but that did end in only throwing out the Pakistan intruders / forces from areas intruded in 1999.
Even after Narasimha Rao Government i.e after 1996 no government had carried the demand of Parliament pointedly to Pakistan fixing some appointed date for vacation without war and hence some onemay plead with same ‘reason’ that governments were not that stable and hence what next in case Pakistan did not vacate. Simply contesting no party was in clear majority and difficult to take extreme decisions do not stand on firm footing with respect to India nation since whenever there is danger from externalforces all political parties have been standing with party / minority government in power.
After 1999 three coalition governments did last full terms, For 13th Lok Sabah ( PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP- NDA- 10 Oct 1999 to 22 May 2004′ BJP189 MP/ Cong 118 MP ) , 14th Lok Sabha ( PM Man Mohan Singh Ji UPA 17 -5- 2004 to 18-5- 2009; Congress 259MP and BJP 144 MP ) and 15th Lok Sabha (PM Man Mohan Singh Ji (May 18, 2009-May 18, 2014 UPA Congress 211 MP BJP 119 MP ) and one could still plead in defence like what next in case Pakistan does not vacate by an appointed date.
After 15th Lok Sabha Elections ( 16th Lok Sabha BJP 289 MPs Congress 50 MP BJP Government , 17th Lok Sabha BJP 302 MPs Congress 51 MPs BJP Government )even that compulsion ofdid having prevailing authority for taking decisions does not appear to be there to defend.
It was on 21st March 2018 that in reply to Rajya Sabha Q. No †2957 ( SHRI JAVED ALI KHAN) : (a) whether Government is still committed to the resolution on Jammu and Kashmir passed by the Parliament on 22nd February, 1994; and (b) if so, the measures taken to liberate Pakistan Occupied Kashmir from Pakistan? , The Minister of State MHA Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir had said< “India is committed under the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration, to resolve all issues with Pakistan peacefully through bilateral discussions.” Here too no material reply on liberation of POJK was made. Before that it was on 12-12-2018 that replying to a question in Lok Sabha (*32. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA ), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj without elaborating on where and in what form the issue was raised with Pakistan, had said “We have repeatedly and consistently called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation, most recently on November 30, 2018,”.Stillit was so “hitting” that even in 2020 Shrimati Mala Roy MP went to the extent of even asking the government< whether the Government is aware of a Parliament resolution on PoK ?>. In reply to a Lok Sabha unstarred Q. No. 2977 on 1994 resolution on POJK from Shrimati Mala Roy asking :a) whether the Government is aware of a Parliament resolution on PoK ; (c) the details of steps taken till date on PoK ? it was on 11-03-2020 that The Minister of State MEA V. Muraleedharan replied by saying <” ….. Government monitors all developments taking place in the territories of India including in territories that are under illegal and forcible occupation of Pakistan. We have consistently called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal and forcible occupation, >” But no specific details were given forsteps taken till date on “PoK” (POJK) liberation.
To be continued
(The writer is a Sr Journalist & analyst of J&K Affairs)