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| Srinagar is not Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh | | 'Two parallel tracks' | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 13: Anti-India elements in Kashmir want New Delhi to resume the stalled composite dialogue process with Pakistan and engage with Kashmiri leaders, saying this is the only left to end unrest in Kashmir. There has to be dialogue between Srinagar and New Delhi, between New Delhi and Islamabad and between Srinagar and Islamabad, they say.
The Kashmir dialogue process has to run on two parallel tracks and the internal dialogue between New Delhi and Srinagar must be substantiated by the external dialogue at the Indo-Pak level, they say, and add that it was the Vajpayee-led NDA government at the Centre, which initiated the internal dialogue process. They add that Vajpayee later on realized that all such attempts were inadequate unless a parallel channel with Pakistan was activated, and, hence, Vajpayee attended the SAARC summit in Pakistan in January 2004, where the revival of the composite dialogue process was announced.
"The UPA-I government started bus services between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad and Pooch and Rawalakot in 2005 and 2006 respectively. In 2006, Round Table Conferences (RTCs) were convened in Srinagar, resulting in the formation of five working groups. The Hurriyat Conference, however, declined to participate in the RTCs. The working groups were mandated to suggest measures on how to build peace in the state. The working group on CBMs in J&K headed by Mohammad Hamid Ansari called for the review and repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Disturbed Areas Act. Another working group on Centre-state relations headed by Justice Saghir Ahmed recommended the restoration of autonomy to the state," they further say to make their point.
They also hail Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he started very well but didn't carry forward the approach he adopted on the day he assumed office on May 26, 2014. "Modi started his tenure on a positive note by inviting leaders of SAARC countries to his swearing-in ceremony. Engagement with Pakistan was on the agenda of Modi's 'neighbourhood first" policy. But Pakistan's stated position is the people of Kashmir are a party to the dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad. Previously, Pakistan has been holding talks with Hurriyat leaders prior to formal negotiations with India. That is unacceptable to the NDA government," they say, and add that Prime Minister Modi has to realize that his present policy is not in the interest of peace in the region.
The upshot of their whole argument a parallel engagement on both tracks, New Delhi-Srinagar and New Delhi-Islamabad is the need of the hour and it is coupled with the suggestion that experience shows that whenever India-Pakistan relations improved, peace prevailed in Kashmir.
What do these anti-nationals think? Their suggestion that Srinagar represents the general will people of the state is atrocious as it is provocative. Srinagar is not Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh State. Srinagar is Srinagar, a hub of anti-national activities. Srinagar doesn't constitutes even one per cent of the state's land area and it also houses population which is diverse. Srinagar cannot be given power of attorney to decide the future of the state, which is already an integral part of India and its two regions Jammu and Ladakh, besides several religious and ethnic minorities, including the Kashmiri Hindus, all opposed to what Kashmiri leaders had been demanding. By putting forth such suggestions, the Kashmiris are only adding fuel to the fire in Jammu and Ladakh, where the people are already seething with anger. |
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