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| Political howler from P. Chidambaram | | | | It is definitely a howler from senior Congress leadfer, P.Chidambaram who despite being highly learned man should have not voiced his feelings that too on the situation in Kashmir. He believes that restoration of greater autonomy could settle the internal problem and conflict. He believes that the constitutional status of the state has been altered during the last 64 years when the state and the central Government signed what is called Delhi Agreement. No doubt under Article 370 of the constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir within the union of India, no central law could be extended directly to the state. Chidambaram believes that this arrangement has been altered. But he should know it that if several hundred laws were extended to the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the last 64 years it has been done with the mandatory approval from the state legislature. And Chidambaram, who has, in the past held two important portfolios in the union cabinet, Finance and Home, should know it that for the maximum period the state remained under the rule of National Conference and the Congress. Hence the two parties could muster support from the legislators for giving approval to the application of some central laws. Calling for a "unique political solution" in violence-hit Kashmir, former Union home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government should revert to the "original terms" under which the state acceded to India in 1947 and allow Kashmiris to frame their own laws within the ambit of the country's Constitution" We ignored the grand bargain under which J&K acceded to India... we broke our promises, we broke our faith and we paid a price for 40 years... Turn the clock back all the way to 1947 and the original terms of accession to the extent that is today possible," the senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP has said. His remarks came as the Valley entered day 12 of a curfew imposed after protesters took to the streets against the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. More than 40 people have been killed in the ensuing clashes with security forces and scores have been admitted to hospitals with pellet injuries. He also called on the government to practice what it had preached to Sri Lanka for Tamil areas and urged the devolution of asymmetric powers. He warned the situation in the Valley "can sharply deteriorate" if Kashmiris are not allowed a greater say in governance and administration. Whose majority is in the state administration? The majority of employees in the civil administration is from the state. Who rules the state? Those elected by people rule the state. Hence Chidambaram should have not issued a sermon saying that unless people of the state have a say in administration and governance peace is a distant dream in Kashmir. In fact during the time when Sheikh Abdullah was the Chief Minister, he had constituted a committee to examine all central laws having been extended to the state and recommend which laws needed revocation. A voluminous report was prepared under the guidance of D. D.Thakur, the then Finnce Minister. The recommendation suggested several laws needed to be repealed but on the cover of the report Thakur has said "the arms of the clock cannot be reversed" meaning that he too was opposed to sever fiddling with the constitutional framework. The state legislature has the powers to enact laws and the state of Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in India where the Assembly elections ar e held after a period of six years. What else autonomy do the people expect? They want political autonomy but not financial autonomy as they have to bank on liberal financial assistance from the centre. |
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