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| J&K State reduced to a security enterprise: Mehbooba | | ‘Army report has shaken the faith of people in democratic system’ | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Sept25; A day after sensational disclosures made by the ex Army Chief , the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday came down heavily upon the government and said that the revelations made in the army report have shaken whatever faith the people had in the democratic system of the country.
Addressing a press conference here at her official residence, PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti said the revelations made in the Government of India report on the Army payments in Kashmir has not come as a surprise to people of the state but has shaken whatever faith they had been able to retain in the democratic system of the country. "These revelations might be sensational on their face, these are only a confirmation of what an ordinary citizen of the state always held as a belief that every thing in the state is manoeuvred and managed by powers outside the system" said Mehbooba adding further that though her party does not fall in the category of "trust worthy Indian" but all the mainstream parties are painted in the same colour.
"There are still many of us left who don't fall into that category of trustworthy Indians but the way the issue has been projected paints everybody in one black colour" said Mehbooba. Describing the report as insult to the people of the state, Mehbooba said that the report only envisages that the people in J&K are sought to be engaged through dubious means including bribing their representatives.
"It seems we are not treated as people with aspirations or political preferences but a class whose loyalties can be purchased through money and political favours. Instead of allowing democratic process and institutions to flourish as in other parts of the country we are told in 65th year of independence that it is the security establishment and their shady methods that run the place and keep it for the country" said PDP president and added that the unfortunate part of the story is that all these overt and covert things are being done in the name of national interest.
The expose is of course sensational but more shocking is the response from various quarters in the country. No one in the discourse has disapproved of these methods or denied their existence but justified them in the national interest and are upset only on their becoming a public knowledge saying they are justified in national interest" added Mehbooba.
She said it comes as a shock that the establishment should treat only those people as worthy of country's trust that are on their pay roles or are receiving favours. Alleging that the ruling National Conference is now trying to use the exposé as a fig leaf to cover its atrocities in 2010 that left 120 dead.
"It was this government that by its own admission investigated those cases and arrested thousands of youth. Most of them are still facing police cases. Criminal proceedings and FIRs against them have destroyed the career of about ten thousand young people. Those who were gunned down by police and security forces were dubbed as criminals, anti nationals, drug addicts and paid agents. Now the ruling party is singing a different tune" Mehbooba said. She asked the government what is the worth of its investigation and charge sheets, what action is it taking against those who have been party to the alleged conspiracy and the motivated investigation?
Mehbooba demanded that the revelations be investigated through a credible institution even though the facts that have come out in GOI report are enough to establish that these methods are a part of the Kashmir policy of government of India. "The people of the state be reassured that their vote will be treated as sacrosanct and it would not be managed, manoeuvred or rigged to unseat one party or install another" Mehbooba said adding further the security or political establishment of the country should stay away from playing patrons or promoting favourites in the name of national interest. |
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