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| Dulat's expose reaffirms public belief | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 8: Former chief of the Research & Analysis Wing, Amarjit Singh Dulat's expose on militants and separatist leaders in his recent memoir -Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years -has come as less of a shocker and more of reaffirmation of what people already knew about them for years.
From common man down the street to intellectual forums, almost everyone in Kashmir is discussing the book by Dulat, the man who seems to be the most widely known Indian intelligence operative in the restive Jammu and Kashmir state. But discussions mostly conclude with unanimous resolve that people knew most of such stories for years.
"The book has vindicated most of the stories which had been doing the rounds from time to time... But one thing is clear that separatists have been fully exposed for their double standards and nobody will trust these traitors any further," said a school teacher.
Social media including Facebook is equally flooded with public opinion. "Dulat was a conduit between GOI and Kashmiri politicians both pro India and freedom seeking. I am surprised what for the pro freedom parties were maintaining a high level of contact with him," asked a businessman.
From the Muzzafarabad-based chief of Kashmir's largest militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen to Hurriyat Conference, Dulat's book has exposed one and all.
One of the most damning revelations Dulat makes is that the IB facilitated admission into a medical college for the son of Syed Sallahudin, who heads Hizbul Mujahideen.
About, Yasin Malik of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Dulat said his air travels and medical bills were picked up by the state.
The spymaster has also said that militants take money from Government of India, adding that it was better to corrupt a militant than to kill him.
The former RAW chief has also claimed that slain separatist leader and Peoples Conference chairman, Abdul Gani Lone had agreed to offer his support in 2002 assembly elections.
"He (Lone) would talk about politics and the movement and dialogue. He was quite happy talking. He was honest enough to acknowledge that the gun had ultimately failed and Kashmiris needed to move on. Lone was totally fed up with Pakistan," alleges former RAW chief.
Referring to Lone's two sons, Dulat writes that after Lone's death, the family decided that Bilal would be inside the Hurriyat and Sajad would stay out and take care of the party.
"Lone had decided that Sajad would carry his legacy forward. He would hint this and say, 'You guys should look after him'," Dulat writes.
For separatists who have been losing public support with each passing day, the book seems to have come as last nail in their coffin. Over the years the people of Kashmir are fed up with separatists and their "Hartal politics" which has dented Kashmir's economy. For now the public response to strike calls has been so negligible that traffic jams are witnessed on hartal days as well. Though the separatists had been trying everything to improve their face before the people of Kashmir, Dulat's book has bombed any such prospects. "Social media has brought lot of awareness. Noting is hidden nowadays.
The revelations made by Dulat have spread like wildfire and this fire will reduce the hoax of separatist leadership to cinder," said a retired police official. |
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