Early Times Report
jammu, Aug 31: Vested interests in Kashmir are not just unhappy with New Delhi and demanding separations of Kashmir from India on religious grounds. They are also angry with those who have been using internet for exposing them, defending the national cause and also for highlighting the woes of the 6 million non-Muslims of J&K, including Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs.
"Ever since the current spate of unrest in Kashmir, lakhs of Indian users on social media have declared an online war against Kashmiris with trolling and abusing becoming a common affair," they have been saying. "Kashmiri social media users say that the hate has been increasing to alarming levels. Even people termed as intellectuals and with large following on social media have been happily jumping on the bandwagon," they, in fact, have been saying.
They are targeting persons like film-maker Ashok Pandit, PK leader Ajay Chrungoo, Delhi-based activist Madhu Kishwar, Jammu for India (JFI) convener Prof Hari Om, former BJP leader Parmod Mahajan's son and actor Rahul Mahajan and many others.
What has stung the vested interests in the Valley all the more was the online survey conducted by Rahul Mahajan on the nature of the ongoing movement in the Valley and what should be done to defeat the movement.
Rahul Mahajan had posted "a small survey on twitter" with a question: "What should army use in Kashmir?" In response, "3573 of his followers participated in the survey". "Of them 76 per cent voted for real gun, 19 per cent for pellet gun, three per cent for sticks and two percent for stones".
It was this survey, coupled with several tweets of Ashok Pandit, Madhu Kishwar, Ajay Chrungoo and Prof Hari Om and several others, which angered the vested interests in Kashmir. As a result, they unleashed a campaign against them through a section of print media and termed them "hate-mongers".
It is strange that the vested interests in Kashmir, who had been using social networking sites since years for spreading falsehood, hatred and fomenting anti-India troubles have taken exception to those internet users who have been countering them with solid facts and informing the nation as to what exactly is the ground situation in the Valley. If they could misuse social networking sites to achieve their evil goal, why can't the nationalists make optimum use of these sites for a noble purpose? |
