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| One day, two serious blunders IN J&K, secularism a dirty word for NC-Cong govt | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 30: What happened in J&K Legislature on August 28 will go down in the state's legislative history as one of the blackest days. That day, the ruling NC-Congress disappointed the people of the state as well as nation as a whole by committing not one but two major wrongs and deliberately to display its communal character, as also to identify itself with Pakistan, which wants to grab J&K on the ground that it is a Muslim-majority state. The NC-Congress ruling coalition misused both the Houses of the legislature - Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly.
In the Legislative Council, the coalition government adopted an anti-India and pro-Pakistan resolution. The Kashmiri ruling elite availed the services of a non-Muslim legislator to promote its seditionist agenda. The resolution clearly suggested that the ruling coalition was opposed to the New Delhi's foreign policy vis-à-vis terrorist and theocratic Pakistan. It asked New Delhi to ignore Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism and the resultant heavy losses both in terms of men and money and engage with Islamabad to resolve the so-called Kashmir issue. Obviously, the ruling coalition suggested that Pakistan has a stake in this part of J&K. The same day, the ruling coalition rejected out of hand a private member's amendment Bill which sought to incorporate the word "secular" in the preamble to the J&K Constitution. The Constitution of J&K (Amendment) Bill (No 13), 2011, was introduced by National Panthers Party (NPP) legislator Harsh Dev Singh. Moving the amendment, Singh Harsh Dev Singh said the preamble to the Constitution of J&K, 1957, was an adaptation of the Preamble to the Constitution of India and bemoaned saying the words "socialist" and "secular", which are the hallmark of the Indian Constitution, have been included in the preamble to the Constitution of J&K. He told the assembly that failure of the government to incorporate the said words would send a wrong signal to the outside world about J&K. The amendment moved by Singh should have been accepted by the government to prove that it believed in secular values, but it didn't do that. The concerned minister said he opposed the Bill on the ground that the concerns being raised by Harshdev Singh had already been addressed in other parts of the Constitution of J&K. "As the concerns raised by you (Singh) such as incorporation of the word 'socialist' have already been addressed in other parts of the Constitution, therefore I feel there is no need for you to press for this Bill and have the words incorporated in the preamble". After the minister opposed the introduction of the amendment Bill, it was not rejected by the Assembly as the Speaker Mubarak Gul later put the bill to voice vote.
The manner in which the ruling coalition ensured the collapse of the proposed amendment once again proved that it hates the words secularism and socialism when it comes to J&K. It needs to be noted that it was not the first occasion when the NC and the Congress rejected the demand seeking incorporation of the words secularism and socialism in the preamble of the state constitution. It also happened during the regime Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad.
What is it that is happening in the state?
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