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| Now, Khayal says Jammu a 'liability' for Kashmir | | Khayali pulao! | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 25: The attitude of Kashmiri opinion-makers towards Jammu province is undergoing a change in the sense that they have started describing people of Jammu province a liability for the people of Kashmir and suggesting that the best way for the people of Kashmir and Jammu province is separation. And one of the prominent Kashmiri opinion leaders is none other than Ghulam Nabi Khayal, Sahitya Academy Award winner.
"By all means, Jammu has proved a liability for the people of Kashmir. Enough is enough. It is high time and also in accordance with the persistent campaign of Jammu Mukti Morcha (read Jammu State Morcha), that the Jammu region is separated from the Valley so that this menace is done away with once and for all. In that case, Jammu shall live its own chosen life and we will live ours," he said the other day.
To make out a case for separation of Kashmir from Jammu, Khayal said that "a common saying has gained currency across Kashmir Valley that Jammu has taken away everything from Kashmiris except polluted Dal Lake. Let them take it also but leave us to our fate, they demand" and added that "during the last 50 years, several new states in the Indian Union have been carved out of different provinces like Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh, Telangana and many more".
"I have a strong belief that all those politicians, whether at the helm of affairs, or out of if, or preaching secession from India, are undoubtedly dishonest and hypocrites when they speak holding together of all the three regions of this State; Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh. This unrealistic and falsified propagation, they themselves contradict in private conversations. There is a general feeling across the Valley of Kashmir that Jammu has time and again demonstrated hatred against Kashmir and the Muslims of Kashmir. This may be reasonably so because their dear Dogra ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh, was forced to flee the State after Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah launched a popular mass movement of Kashmir chhod do (Quit Kashmir) and Bai Naama Amritsar ko tod do (Nullify the Deed of Amritsar). But the natural turn of events does not submit before the whims of the people when the tide has already turned against them," he further said.
"Could it be that anybody enlighten me or guide me on my query: What commonality is there between Kashmir and Jammu at any level? I say not even one percent. If it is so, and it is so, then why continue with this unholy alliance for constantly inflicting injuries of extremism and communalism on the bruised psyche of suffering people of Kashmir," he also said to make his point.
Justify the demand in Jammu for separation from Kashmir and vice-versa, Khayal, in addition, said: "Jammu has also been crying foul that there is a continued discrimination practiced against this region by the State governments. Unfortunately, there has never been specification of this baseless allegation nor have factual figures been made public for an open debate. The facts speak for themselves that it is rather otherwise. There are more colleges in Jammu than the Valley and the number of all other institutions, both governmental and private, touches a higher mark when compared to a much lesser number in Kashmir. Of late, disturbance excited in Jammu by extremist forces rally around the motivated demand of establishing the Central University over there. This is again an unrealistic tactics of pressurizing the Government because, as already stated, Jammu has much bigger number of educational institutes as compared to the Valley".
One can very easily contest the claim of Khayal that it is Kashmir and not Jammu which is being discriminated against with facts and figures (all official), but the well-wishers of the people of Jammu province and Kashmir region would surely endorse his view that there is nothing that is common between the people of the two regions and it is time for the authorities to break the State to enable the people of these two regions live independently of each other.
It is hoped that the authorities would appreciate the views of Khayal and similar other opinion-makers and do the needful at the earliest to end unrest in the State and harmonizing relations between the people of Jammu province and Ladakh region. |
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