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| Kashmir blood was precious in 2007, cheap in 2010 ! | | Farooq’s double speak | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 10: Like father like son. When Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah assumed power in 1947, he exiled hundreds of political activists and intellectuals for challenging the accession. But when he was dethroned in 1953, he chanted the Azadi slogan. After signing the Indra-Abdullah accord in 1975, the accession again became final and irrevocable.
The former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah is no different. In November 2007, when his party was out of power he was `deeply disturbed’ by what he called “conditions created by the army” and wants to give a second thought to the accession. Addressing the press at Jammu on the sidelines of a book release on November 19, 2007, Farooq said: “Indian army is harming us and is weakening the stand of pro-India political parties. After killing a school teacher at Kupwara and a baker in Kulgam, we have been forced to think whether the decision of Maharaja Hair Singh and my late father to accede to India in 1947 was right.”
Farooq saw fractures in his Atoot Aung for the first time after joining `mainstream’ politics. With elections round the corner then, Dr Farooq had to resort to resort to “bold posturing” to strike a chord in the then Qazi Muhammad Afzal’s strong bastion which proved Omar Abdullah’s Waterloo in 2002 elections.
Now the situation has changed and so has Farooq. The state is once again under National Conference rule and the former Chief Minister is under a constitutional obligation to uphold the totality of accession. He did it bluntly last week during a discussion on NDTV. Responding to Sonia Jabbar’s queries, Farooq justified NC government’s `bullet for stone’ policy. “We have to use force to fight elements who challenge totality of the accession”, he said. Jabbar is an activist who was in the conflict torn Valley recently and gave valuable inputs to the NDTV panelists.
Last month he lost his cool in New Delhi. While addressing media persons he said: “Kashmir ko goli maro.” (Shoot Kashmiris). The blood that soaked the `Atoot Aung’ in November 2007 was not pink. And the blood that falls on streets of Srinagar today is also red. Why was Farooq forced to think whether the decision taken in 1947 was right or not? Why did he talk in a different tone last week on NDTV? Power changes people!
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