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| Vested interests vilification campaign abominable | | Undermining Army's role | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 14: At a time when the Army and other forces as well as the Central Government are putting in all efforts to rescue the remaining flood-affected people in different parts of the Valley and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti have been tearing into stone-pelters and other rogue elements, who are hampering the rescue and relief operations, certain vested interests in Kashmir have unleashed a vilification campaign against those doing humanitarian work. Their whole objective is to create an ill will between the people of Kashmir and the army and create an impression that the intentions of New Delhi are not pious.
For example, they are saying that abuse and sadistic pleasure being drawn from the colossal damage to human life and property has been very distressing, particularly for non-resident Kashmiris, who have relied on social media to find out the fate of their loved ones caught in killer flood waters; that "the appalling show of jingoism has added insult to the injury; and that "the rescue operations are being portrayed as if a favour was being done to Kashmiris. "It is as if it is being reminded that Kashmiris are not citizens but subjects, which has long been alleged. As citizens, it is the duty of the state to evacuate, rescue and rehabilitate the people. It is not a favour. The Army is just doing its moral and constitutional duties as the civilian administration has collapsed. It is perhaps the only organised, resourceful and trained organisation to deal with such scale of the disaster. The Army has done such commendable work in similar situations elsewhere in the country as well. But nowhere has it been portrayed as a favour. Professional soldiers are even obliged to uphold the rights of enemy combatants under the Geneva Convention not to mention their obligations towards fellow citizens," they are shamelessly saying.
But more than that, they are defending separatists, who were not scene even once among the flood-affected people, particularly in Srinagar, their area of anti-India activities. "Many chose to jeer separatists instead of focusing on the relief work and the survivors even while an entire city of over a million people was practically sinking. 'Where are they' was the common refrain. One of them particularly targeted is an 82-year-old cancer survivor (read fanatic and Pakistani agent Syed Ali Shah Geelani) with one functional kidney. He has spent most of last four years under house arrest. It is well-known the man in question has not even often been allowed to offer the all-important Friday congregational prayers. Those who were jeering the separatists are otherwise the same people who insist they do not represent Kashmiris and are at best outlaws. If that is so, why waste time and energy on ridiculing them when the focus should be to provide succour to the residents of a city that has practically become one giant killer lake," they are saying. It must remain a matter of shame for them.
Not just this, they have also condemned those who charged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with leaving the suffering people in the lurch. They said: "Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has clearly said flood waters practically washed away his government too. He was unable to get in touch with his 90% of his ministers and other officials, many of whom had to be rescued. His phone lines remained snapped. Yet alleged attacks on rescuers are being painted as an organised conspiracy. If the highest elected official was completely cut off from the outside world, how does one explain the planned conspiracy behind the attacks? This defies logic. Do not aggrieved people trapped in their houses and running short of food, water, life-saving drugs, baby food have the right to be angry even when there are serious questions about selective rescue? This too has given haters another stick to beat Kashmiris with. This has further widened the gulf between Delhi and Srinagar, created particularly by serious rights abuses and lack of closure in the last 25 years…Crass hyper nationalism has in this backdrop aggrieved Kashmiris further and the state risks squandering another opportunity to make up for its series of blunders".
How inhuman and irrational these communal elements in the Valley have turned. Instead of commending the official efforts and condemning the so-called representatives of Kashmiri Muslims, they are questioning the noble efforts which are being put in by the rescue teams. It appears the changing attitude of Kashmiri Muslims towards the Army and the country as a whole has completely alarmed them. It is hoped that the common Kashmiris will see through their dirty game plan and rebuff, isolate and excommunicate them. |
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