Statehood demand neither communal nor voice of RSS

Statehood status to Jammu, Kashmir Union Territory to Ladakh and homeland for displaced Kashmiris is the need of the hour, hence, this demand is neither communal nor voice of RSS or VHP (although they are supporting trifurcation and quadripartition) but the voice of a suppressed and depressed, the voice of the mitigated, of the neglected and discriminated people of Jammu, Ladakh and displaced Kashmiri Hindus against the anarchy of Kashmiri elite with the patronage of successive Central governments whose apathetic attitude towards these people has multiplied manifold the socio-political and economic backwardness of these two regions.

BJP, which has been boasting of being the saviour of the people of Jammu and Ladakh (just to woo voters) has kept a criminal silence on this sensitive issue at state level and even the central BJP leaders have outrightly rejected this demand. They can discuss autonomy which is just a step short of complete ‘Azaadi’ and devolution of ‘more’ powers to Valley based political elite who is already ruling the roost.

Our political parties have lost the credibility to face the people of state especially BJP because they have betrayed the trust of the people rather their hopes and have made them canon fodder for the Pakistan sponsored terrorists for their vested political interests.

BJP has no locus standi in the state and their activities are ‘Tout au Contrarie”.

The terming of statehood demand as “communal” is totally baseless, fabricated and malicious propaganda let loose by NC along with NDA (of which BJP is an important constituent).

Jammu and Ladakh region are true picture of secularism and communal harmony having a mixed population in which Muslims are still predominant where as in the garb of Kashmiriat, secularism has been brutally murdered leading to religious cleansing of lakhs of Kashmiri Hindus, ravaging of Temples by Islamic fundamentalist in Kashmir. Lakhs of Hindus, Sikhs and Christians have became refugees in their own country.

The threats issued by certain segments that statehood to Jammu will lead to a situation similar to 1947, whole of the India will disintegrate and so on carries no weight at all.

Three states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh along with UT status to Chandigarh have been carved out of ‘Greater Punjab’ and these are the most progressive states in the whole of North India without any bloodshed.

Chattisgarh, Uttranchal have not led to disintegration of world’s largest democratic country i.e. India then how can the reo-organisation of Jammu and Kashmir is so different that a booming democracy like India can fall if the state is reorganised keeping in view the different ethno-cultural-geographical regions.

Vicious campaign has been launched against statehood to Jammu by spreading various types of illogical apprehensions to demoralise and distract the people from their just demand.

Media is also not lagging behind in demoralising the people of Jammu and Ladakh. Media has been biased and does not protest the sufferings and neglect of these two regions at the hands of Kashmiri and Delhi rulers.

Accession of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh has taken place at the same time, but socio-political and economic conditions of Kashmir region are thousands times better than the other two regions.

The Chief Minister of J&K from Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad to Mir Qasim and then dynastic rule from Sheikh Mohd Abdullah to Farooq Abdullah and now Omar Abdullah (the CM designate) along with its jumbo ministry have always been from Kashmir region.

All heads of state departments, bureaucrats and lucrative jobs are a distant dream for Jammu and Ladakh. All developmental projects big or small start and end in Kashmir. Thousands of crores of Rs pumped by Centre find their way across the tunnel and Jammu and Ladakh are left high and dry.

Representation in government jobs is negligible e.g. in civil secretariat less than 10 percent of the employees are from Jammu and Ladakh and more than 90 percent of the staff is from Kashmir.

This example is only tip of ice berg. More revenue and tax collection from Jammu region and less of basic amenities are provided to it.

Tourism is not tapped for these two regions but ironically terrorism has been promoted at the behest of our high ups. Commission and Committees are set up but whatever is suitable to Kashmiris is picked up and chosen.,

The districts in Kashmir were created with the stroke of a pen but Wazir commission report recommending districts of Reasi, Kishtwar and Samba has been kept in cold storage while on Godbole’s report wine shops have been opened at every nook and corner of Jammu region to fleece the people and make them insane, knave and drunkard, a distastrous and heinous step.

Selection list in professional colleges is mind boggling. The decline of candidates selected from Jammu and Ladakh after independence has reached its ‘nadir’ which is frustrating and suicidal for our young generation.

There are lakhs of discrepancies and discriminations which have no solution excepting statehood.

People should take the lead with conviction and not to be befooled by false propaganda of our politicians especially NC, BJP which are the two sides of the same coin.

--Jyoti Jamwal, Jammu

(Source: Views Today)

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