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| Ganging up of Saxena, Dulat, Rajeshwar, Sood, Jha & Dua a dangerous development | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 21: Sinister moves are afoot to exclude Jammu and Ladakh and Congress, which has its support-base in Jammu, from the scheme of things being worked out by certain so-called security and Kashmir experts to further pander to communalism in Kashmir and facilitate the process that drives Jammu and Kashmir way from the national mainstream. These so-called security and Kashmir experts, who are one way or the other have contributed to the mess in Kashmir directly or indirectly or through writings, among others, include former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Girish Chandra Saxena, former RAW chief AS Dulat, Bikram Sood, former press advisor to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and presently Member of Parliament HK Dua, former Governor of Uttar Pradesh TV Rajeshwar, Vikram Sood, known supporter of Kashmiri separatists and journalist Prem Shankar Jha and Kashmiri representatives and journalists covering Kashmir.
The Foundation that has brought these sympathizers of Kashmiri communalists on one platform is called Observer Research Foundation (ORF). The ORF organized a meeting on Kashmir on Friday. The experts recommended several steps, which, according to them, could restore peace in Kashmir. These steps were (1) "attend to protestors in Kashmir by providing 'justice and self-respect' to people coupled with the removal of Omar Abdullah-led government"; (2) start dialogue with "moderate separatists" (read those demanding separation from India on the basis of two-nation theory); (3) address the "sentimental side" (read communal side) of the protesting Kashmiris (read Muslims); (4) "consider autonomy" (read return to the pre-1953 position or semi-independence of Jammu and Kashmir); and "Congress party should keep away from sharing power in the state."
The complaints of these so-called security experts, Kashmir experts and representatives from Kashmir were (1) we should not accuse "Pakistan and Pakistan-based militant groups of instigating the current uprising" because "it is an internal revolt, resultant of frustration, desperation and anger against Omar Abdullah government and its inefficiency"; (2) the government should not have sent CRPF to "gullies of Srinagar to fight stone pelters, while it was in fact to assist the J&K police"; and (3) if the "centre" could "talk to Kashmiri leaders even during bad times…why has the government stopped talking to them." "If the Indian state does not know when to talk and whom to speak, then something is terribly wrong," one of the experts also lamented and bemoaned.
Yet another grouse of these experts was that it was wrong to say that the "protesters" in Kashmir are "political activists or religious leaders" and that the protestors are "young men and women." The upshot of their formulation was that "the unrest" in Kashmir is "home grown anger." They were indeed angry with "New Delhi." They held New Delhi squarely responsible for the "lack of trust between New Delhi and Kashmir following a decline in the promised autonomy to the state."
These protagonists of autonomy and sympathizers and supporters of communalism and separatism in Kashmir also put forth a few suggestions. For example, they suggested "setting up of a panel headed by somebody like former Chief Justice of India AS Anand (Anand is a known well-wisher of the pro-autonomy National Conference) to address the autonomy issue of Kashmiris." They also suggested "appointing someone of the stature of former diplomat G Parthsarthy (architect of 1975 accord between Sheikh Abdullah and Indira Gandhi) to negotiate with Kashmiri leaders on issues like autonomy and related matters."
Some of the experts, unlike Pakistan agent and votary of Kashmir's autonomy AG Noorani, also warned that any failure on the part of Government of India to engage with "moderate leaders" would enable "hardliners to take over" (the movement). They indirectly urged the Union Government to release the behind-the-bar (moderate separatists). Release "freedom fighters" is the demand of all the Kashmir-based separatist and "mainstream" outfits. As far as Noorani is concerned, he wants New Delhi to talk to and conciliate Kashmiri terrorists. He doesn't consider those with no blood on their hands as relevant. "If you wish to forge a lasting peace in Kashmir, negotiate with those who are firing on your soldiers. Never negotiate with those with no blood on their hands because they are irrelevant." Noorani believes in this approach. (To be continued) |
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