Golden opportunity for Kashmiris to take-up the leadership of South Asia through SASB agitation.
For_Immediate_Release:
India, Republic of (Press Release) August 11, 2008 -- To
The Editor
Sub: - Golden opportunity for Kashmiris to take-up the leadership of South Asia through SASB agitation.
Ref: - With the help of Indian Muslims table need to be turned on both Hindu / Muslim communal forces.
Dear Sir
The current agitation - regarding land to Shri Amaranth Shrine Board (SASB) which has already consumed 10 lives with 500 more injured during last 42 days in the State of J&K and in which Hindu communalists from Jammu region and from rest of India have again started beating the Muslims from Kashmir valley with the stick of Article 370 of The Constitution of India - may turn into a blessing in disguise for Kashmiris if they (as explained and given below) shed their inferiority and insecurity complex by not only enlarging their vision commensurate with contemporary globalized world but also become grateful to about hundred thousand Kashmiri martyrs who laid down their lives for independent unified Kashmir:-
(1)- First and foremost the Kashmiris ought to realize that (i)- most of the political problems in this region of South Asia is the result and attendant mindset of India's partition in 1947, on communal lines and (ii)- The last word on India's partition is yet to be written.
(2)- Even after India's partition whether Punjabis or Bengalis, no community speaking same language and predominantly practicing same religion is living on two sides of the border. But Kashmiris who speak same language and predominantly practice same religion Islam are constrained by India, Pakistan and International community to live on two sides of the border (LOC).
(3)- The social / political / economical compulsions of India, Pakistan. Bangladesh, Shri Lanka, Nepal etc will usher this region, sooner than later, into the realty of Federation of Secular Democratic SAARC countries (FSDSAARC).
(4)- Hindu communal forces in tandem with Muslim communal forces strived for and achieved India's partition because that was the only way these communal forces could hold the sway on Hindus and Muslims in partitioned countries without any disturbance from other religionists.
(5)- Moreover precisely for this reason these Hindu / Muslim communal forces not only shall want and try to keep India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as separate political entities but also (i)- Article 370 of The Constitution of India which gives special status to the State of J&K was enacted by Hindu majority India in order to debilitate Muslim majority J&K by depriving it the benefit and vigor of main stream political life of India (ii)- India was never questioned that why India did not try militarily to retrieve its territory of so called Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) if India really believes POK to be its territory especially in view of the fact that Pakistan tried to take militarily the territory (which Pakistan believes its own) of Indian side of J&K consistently (during 1947, 1948, 1965, 1971, Kargil war etc.).
(6)- Neither it requires the Sachhar Committee report to know the pathetic condition of Muslims in India nor it needs a political scientist to understand that the way Muslims are treated and systematically butchered during communal riots in Hindu majority India (latest being thousands of Muslim massacred in 2002 Gujarat pogrom) most of the 150 million Indian Muslims want India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to again become one political entity for the simple reason that the present demographic ratio of 5.5 : 1 in Hindu's favor will reduce to 2 : 1 and which will effectively deter Hindus from inflicting such gross injustices on Muslims. But strangely Kashmiris have not exploited this craving of Muslims from rest of India for realizing FSDSAARC.
(7)- The probable reasons why Kashmiris are not pressing for unified J&K (by not questioning India that why India is not retrieving militarily its territory of POK) is the simple fact that (i)- Kashmiris are ungrateful people as they not only have forgotten the martyrdom of one thousand Kashmiris who laid down their lives for independent unified Kashmir but their civilians like Azads of Congress, Abdullahs of National Conference, Muftis of PDP etc have been enjoying State power and patronage for so long while least bothered about the martyrdom of these Kashmiris who lost their lives for time bound Kashmir solution. (ii)- These 1,00,000 Kashmiris laid down their lives for unified Kashmir under the leadership of Pakistanis (mostly fundamentalists) hence Kashmiris could never ask India to retrieve militarily its territory of POK. Moreover after 9 / 11 under the pressure of USA, the Pakistan (USA's ally in global war against terrorism) has ditched the Kashmiris with the result the Kashmiris are bereft of leadership hence clueless about Kashmir solution.
(8)- But with the coming general elections in J&K and in view of the on going agitation regarding land to SASB, the Kashmiris have a golden opportunity to not only achieve unified sovereign J&K but also to be a major player and catalyst for the realization of FSDSAARC in which unified sovereign J&K may also be a member like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Shri Lanka, Nepal etc.
(9)- For this the Kashmiris should tell India loud and clear that Kashmiris are prepared for the abolition of Article 370 of the Constitution of India provided publicly and officially India undertakes to retrieve (militarily or otherwise) its territory of POK within a time bound period of say one year. In the backdrop of said demand of Kashmiris from India regarding unified Kashmir how much these two factors (i)- India and Pakistan both being nuclear States and (ii)- Pakistan being old and tested ally of USA, shall have influence on shaping FSDSAARC with 2 : 1 Hindu - Muslim demographic ratio, is any body's guess.
Regards.
Yours truly
from
human right activist /social worker
PRAHLAD KUMAR AGGARWAL
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