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| It's time to withdraw security, perks from Kashmiri separatists | | PM Modi and Pak | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 9: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan without naming it, saying it was time to isolate and sanction "this" instigator of terrorism. He was speaking at the 14thAssociation of South Asian Nations Summit in Laos. There is "one country in our neighbourhood, whose competitive advantage rests solely in producing and exporting terrorism. The time has come to isolate and sanction this instigator," he said, adding there was the need to target not only terrorists but also their entire supporting ecosystem".
PM Modi did right thing by exposing Pakistan and urging the world community to isolate Pakistan and impose sanction on it. It is hoped that he would take the lead and motivate other nations to follow.
Now that the Prime Minister has talked about sanctions against Pakistan, it is also time to withdraw security cover from Kashmiri separatists and also to withdraw other perks they have been enjoying only to bleed India.
During the past five years, the Jammu and Kashmir government has spent almost Rs 560 crore for the "maintenance" of Kashmiri separatists. This whopping sum has been spent on their travel and accommodation in Kashmir, their elaborate security cover as well as travel out of the valley and stay in five-star hotels in New Delhi whenever they visit the national capital for talks with government officers and foreign dignitaries.
According to sources within the J&K government, "close to 1,500 police officers have been deployed at the residences of these separatist leaders to act as their personal security officers (PSOs) and security officers". "This privilege has been extended even to other 'uncategorized political activists', who have a history of promoting separation of Kashmir from India. The amount has been spent from the Security Related Expenditure (SRE), which is provided by the MHA to the state government. Since the inception of the SRE scheme in 1989, the Centre has released Rs 7,207 crore, including Rs 4,735 crore for police expenditure," sources have further disclosed.
"Close to Rs 110 crore is spent on the personal safety, accommodation, flights etc., of the separatist leaders every year. This includes around Rs 5-6 crore for their five-star accommodation in New Delhi and for room rents in luxurious hotels in the valley that have been booked in their names for the past 5-6 years. Around 500 PSOs and 950 security guards from the J&K police are also deployed to protect approximately 600 separatist leaders and other private individuals from terrorist attacks. This information has been regularly shared with successive Central governments," official sources have said, and added that "such measures were required to keep the separatists in good humour".
"This kid glove treatment of the separatists has been the practice for long and rather than blaming the state government, of all, the blame should be on the Union government," sources with the government further said.
Some of the anti-nationals who enjoyed this patronage include "Hashim Qureshi", who hijacked an Indian Airlines aircraft in 1971 and took it to Pakistan; Salim Geelani; Zafar Akbar Bhat, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement; Shahid-ul-Islam' Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; Bilal Gani Lone; Aga Syed Hassan; Maulana Abbas Ansari; Mussadiq Adil; Abdul Gani Bhat; and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, who is one of the strongest critics of the Indian government.
Importantly, well-meaning officials in the security establishment have criticised successive governments for "giving undue importance to the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC)" and opined that the "APHC has a nuisance value at the most, which the separatist forces use to market the political body as the 'true voice' of the Kashmiris". |
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