Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 21: KPC Chief Kundan Kashmiri while reacting and rejecting the claim of a section of the Muslims and their leaders in the valley that Azdi,or Selfrule or greater Autonomy remains only constitutional remedy to Kashmir Issue, stated that Kashmir does not constitute whole of Jammu and Kashmir State, but it is merely about sixteen percent of the area of Jammu and Kashmir, which is presently in India. He reminded all these separatists and semi--separatists that all the kings of the princely states signed the same Instrument of Accession, surrendering three subjects and it was Maharaja Hari Singh, who signed the Instrument of Accession, thereby acceded the State to Indian Union and not Sheikh Abdullah as claimed by them.. He further said that Article 370 was incorporated in the Indian Constitution as a temporary provision because of special conditions prevailing at that time. J&K was attacked by Pakistan, it captured a major portion of the State and the issue of the State was in the UNO. Neither Maharaja nor Sheikh Abdullah or any other person laid any condition for the accession, otherwise also no condition was permitted to be annexed or added with the Instrument of Accession, as per the Indian Independence Act 1947,. This article 370 and accord of 1952 was out rightly rejected, opposed and resisted by the people of Jammu, ladakh, Kashmiri Pandits and other nationalist forces. Kundan Kashmiri further added that permanent solution of Jammu and Kashmir, that can bring peace and prosperity, lies in the abrogation of Article 370 and not in granting the so-called, selfrule, Azadi or Greater Autonomy. He further proposed that the best solution lies in the empowerment of all the regions of the State, after carving out separate Kashyap Bhoomi for KPs, with granting each region the administrative, economic and legislative powers, so that all the regions can develop and progress as per the aspirations of the people of each region. |
