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| Moves afoot to defame Mufti | | Noorani terms CMP anti-Kashmir, pro-RSS | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 15: The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) devised by the PDP and the BJP has not gone down well with the pro-Pakistan, pro-China and pro-Syed Ali Shah Geelani commentators. They have unleashed a vilification campaign against patron of the PDP and J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and accused him and those who sealed a deal with the BJP of selling out the Kashmiri interests for the sake of power.
One of the commentators is none other than A G Noorani, who has been championing the anti-cause of Pakistan, China and Kashmiri separatists for more than five decades now. He even writes in the Pakistani dailies like The Dawn against the Indian interests. The other day, he came out with a lengthy critique on the CMP and said that the Mufti team lost the game on the negotiating table and accepted the BJP/RSS agenda for getting the office of Chief Minister.
In his critique, Noorani, inter-alia, said: "A careful analysis of the terms of the sordid deal which PDP struck with the BJP shows that it puts the seal of endorsement on the 47 Presidential Orders made under Article 370, eroding the autonomy of Jammu & Kashmir. Not surprisingly Ram Madhav, the RSS pracharak, whom it sent to the BJP to be its General Secretary and the prime mover in the affair, uttered a triumphant cry the very day the document was published, 1 March 2015, as 'the second and de facto accession of the State' to India. This was no hyperbole. No wonder the Minimum Common Programme (MCP) was kept secret till the Ministers were sworn in, contrary to the practice of publication in advance. It is a betrayal of the (Kashmiri) people's trust and their mandate to the PDP of monstrous proportions. But the (Kashmiri) people are not without recourse to redress the wrong…They have a perfectly constitutional remedy to oust from power a regime which grabbed power by deliberate, systematic and continuous practice of deceit before, and especially after the results were declared on 24 (read 23) December 2014.
The regime has had a bad beginning. Its ending will be worse".
"The bargain won the Mufti the post of Chief Minister. But what did it secure for the people of Kashmir who voted enthusiastically in large number to give him a double mandate - fight for 'restoration' of Kashmir's autonomy as solemnly promised in the PDP's manifesto and also fight back the threat posed by the BJP (Mission 44 plus) to win power in the State. That, in order to fulfill its aim of wiping out the remnants of Kashmir's autonomy as well as its unique and rich secular ethos which Kashmir developed over the centuries," he further said, and added that "Mufti is in office, not in power".
What Noorani said is not consistent with the general view in the state and the rest of the country. The general view in Jammu and across the nation is that the PDP got much as compared to the BJP. However, it is clear from his critique that he wanted greater autonomy for the state all at once, which has not happened. The CMP only says that all the stakeholders would be involved in the negotiations to resolve the political issues facing the state. Noorani is not the only one who has criticized the CMP. Many like him, particularly those from Kashmir, including NC leaders too, have joined hands to create an impression in the Valley that the PDP gave up its agenda to fulfill its lust for power. |
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