* Referring to the revival of hard line attitude of the party – depicted in the Sankalp Rally in Jammu on Friday – the PDP Patron said that Kashmir problem cannot be wished away and the first major realisation of this fact was articulated by none other than the former Prime Minister who had initiated a process of resolution through dialogue and reconciliation.
* “The main opposition was trying to destroy the national consensus on resolution of Jammu and Kashmir problem, initiated by none other than its patriarch Atal Behari Vajpayee”, Sayeed said in a press statement issued in Jammu today.
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“The main opposition was trying to destroy the national consensus on resolution of Jammu and Kashmir problem, initiated by none other than its patriarch Atal Behari Vajpayee”, Sayeed said in a press statement issued in Jammu today.
Referring to the revival of hard line attitude of the party – depicted in the Sankalp Rally in Jammu on Friday – the PDP Patron said that Kashmir problem cannot be wished away and the first major realisation of this fact was articulated by none other than the former Prime Minister who had initiated a process of resolution through dialogue and reconciliation.
Underlining the need for consensus on Kashmir, Mufti said while the misery and pain of people of the state should itself have been enough to stir the political class of the country into proactive resolution effort, larger impact of the problem on regional peace and progress made it all the more necessary for them to sink differences on the issue. Peace process in Kashmir and with Pakistan
The former Prime Minister, he said, had reached out to people of the state at a time when a PDP and Congress coalition was ruling the state. “He had risen above petty partisan in a dignified manner to the urge for peace and resolution that he gauged on his visit to Srinagar
He said while the day to day priorities of the political parties kept changing in accordance with political dynamics, problems like Kashmir needed a consistent and consensual approach as it touched the lives of millions of people.
“It is therefore necessary that leaders like LK Advani raise the debate to dignified political levels and use their prestige and stature for onward movement in the resolution effort”, he hoped.
The BJP and other NDA constituents should in fact be mounting pressure on the government to fast track the peace process with Pakistan and inside the state, Mufti said adding that they should in a truly democratic system be urging the government to come out of its cosmetic exercises on Kashmir, resume dialogue with separatists that was initiated by Advani, stop excesses committed by an insensitive coalition and reduce miseries of the people reeling under corruption, inefficiency and indifference, he said.
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VAJPAYEE HAD WILL TO SOLVE KASHMIR PROBLEM
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VAJPAYEE HAD WILL TO SOLVE KASHMIR PROBLEM
[He said that hardly anybody else than Vajpayee was more conversant with the issues linked with this State as the BJP leader in various capacities had dealt it, both at home and also the international fora and made it clear one to all that Jammu and Kashmir is legally and constitutionally an integral part of India.]
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He said that hardly anybody else than Vajpayee was more conversant with the issues linked with this State as the BJP leader in various capacities had dealt it, both at home and also the international fora and made it clear one to all that Jammu and Kashmir is legally and constitutionally an integral part of India.
Prof. Gupta termed Vajpayee’s performance both as Prime Minister and the leader of opposition as unmatched which would be remembered for a long time to come.
Addressing party activists, Prof. Gupta asked them to launch a struggle by taking up some particular issues as the ruling coalition ‘is immune to the sufferings of the people because of the ruling dispensation being incapable coupled with the infections of communalism.’
KASHMIR, THE JINXED HEAVEN, THE LEAKS AND THE ATROCITIES
[The 2005 Briefing cable of ICRC on Wikileaks indicates that Government of India condones or overlooks these tortures which have been going on. While some of law enforcement officers have questioned the credibility of report and while others have completely denied it, but even if there is 1% truth in this report then that it is a shame for our nation, for us as its people and for the ever so proud Indian Army and the other law enforcement agencies.]
By Pratik Goyal:
If there is heaven on earth, then that place is Kashmir. Kashmir is without a doubt the crown jewel on the face of the earth, always exquisitely beautiful, the most picturesque state in India. Located in the lap of the Great Himalayan range and covered in south by Pir Panjal range, Kashmir is the source of the river for the valleys below. But beauty may become a curse sometimes and similar has been the case with Kashmir. Since 1947 Kashmir has been torn down into three parts, one controlled by India, second by Pakistan and third by China. Rebellion in 1947 and hence has put many scars on this paradise and anyone with idea that that wars which have been fought over Kashmir has made people suffer then they should think again.
The recent WikiLeaks cable has projected a blood-chilling face of the Indian Army and the law enforcement agencies in Kashmir. As per these reports, International Committee of Red Cross had briefed the US diplomats of the gross human rights violation of the detainees including measures like electrocution, beating, and sexual humiliation etc. as a systematic method of getting information of militants in the valley. Others basic rights denied include denial of fair trial, suppression of religious freedom, suppression of freedom of peaceful assembly and association, suppression of freedom of speech and press, opprobrious treatment of elderly, repression against holding peaceful demonstrations. And the timing of these leaks could not have been worse with the rising internal tensions in Jammu and Kashmir over the abuse by security forces when the militants insurgency has fallen. Kashmir separatists also took advantage of the leaks and strengthened their positions.
The 2005 Briefing cable of ICRC on Wikileaks indicates that Government of India condones or overlooks these tortures which have been going on. While some of law enforcement officers have questioned the credibility of report and while others have completely denied it, but even if there is 1% truth in this report then that it is a shame for our nation, for us as its people and for the ever so proud Indian Army and the other law enforcement agencies.
While countries like US are maintaining a neutral stance on this issue as is revealed by the cables, this dispute over Kashmir has to be solve because this may take an even uglier turn since both India and Pakistan have a considerable arsenal of nuclear weapons, Kargil War was one thing, we don’t want a nuke war added to the history of the nations. Even after the leaks, are we doing anything?
