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| Contradictory and mutually exclusive aspirations | | J&K is a difficult state | | Neha
JAMMU, June 14: Jammu & Kashmir is not an ordinary state where politics if based purely on democratic and economic issues. It is a very difficult state to handle. It has three distinct regions and these regions houses different people with contradictory and mutually exclusive political aspirations. In Leh district of Ladakh, an overwhelming majority wants UT status, saying it doesn't want to keep any kind of truck with Kashmir and Kashmiri leadership. In Kargil district, bulk of population wants the existing autonomous hill development council to be further strengthened so that it caters to the needs of the people.
Significantly, Kashmir, which is the trouble spot, is also not homogeneous. The Kashmiri society is vertically divided into five groups demanding merger with Pakistan, independence from India and Pakistan, greater autonomy, self-rule and separate homeland invested with UT status.
There is yet another group in Kashmir and it vouches for former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's four-point Kashmir solution as the first step towards the final goal: separation from India. Then we have a miniscule minority of Sikhs in Kashmir that opposes the NC and the Congress and stands for minority status under the Indian Constitution. Not just this, there are two other dominant social groups in Kashmir, including Gujjar and Bakerwal Muslims and Pathwari-speaking Muslims. The former got the ST status in 1991 and now it wants political reservation and the latter has been struggling to obtain ST status, which is available only in India and under the Indian Constitution.
As far as Jammu is concerned, there are demands ranging from trifurcation of the state to its reorganization to regional council to regional development board and so on. The overwhelming view in Jammu province is that it has not got what was its legitimate due share in the state's polity and that it cannot have any truck with those who have been opposing the Indian Constitution and demanding autonomy or putting forth similar demands.
What does all this show? It shows that Jammu & Kashmir is a mini-India that houses highly diverse population with a very vast majority committed to India and the Indian Constitution. It's a different story that the Kashmiri leadership doesn't appreciate the contradictions in the state and wants to impose its ideology on Jammu and Ladakh and several social groups in the Kashmir Valley. It is this approach of the Kashmiri leadership that has created unrest across the state. It is hoped that the new government at the centre would recognize these ground realities. It's a must. |
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