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| Amarnath yatra will go on come what may | | Mufti's right response............. | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 3: PDP founder and J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has done well to snub Pakistani agent Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who poked his communal nose in the religious affairs of the Hindus at Tral on Friday and asked the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) and state government to restrict the Yatra period to 15 days or to a maximum period of 30 days.
Geelani had advanced the same ridiculous and provocative arguments against the Yatra he had advanced in 2008 and earlier as well. He had said the Yatra posed a threat to Kashmir's environment and ecology. He had even said that the Government of India had planned to create Hindu settlements near the Shrine to change the Kashmir's demography. He put forth the same arguments on Friday. This time, the period of the Yatra would be almost two months and the dates have been fixed taking into consideration what the religious scriptures on the Yatra say. It is heartening to note that Mufti Sayeed took no time in snubbing Geelani and others in Kashmir, who opposed the two-month-long Yatra. He said there is no question of restricting the duration of Yatra to 15 or 30 days and that the Yatra would go on as per the schedule and that the pilgrims would be provided foolproof security. He and others like him also said that the Yatra enriches the Kashmir's economy and help improve the economic condition of the people across the state.
Interestingly, in Mufti Sayeed had as Chief Minister (2002-2005) also opposed the decision of the Shrine Board to conduct a two-month-long Yatra. This had led to serious controversy with the then Governor of J&K and chairman of the Shrine Board Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha sticking to the decision and Mufti Sayeed insisting that the Yatra period be restricted to one month. It was only after the central intervention that a compromise formula was devised. Both Governor Sinha and CM Mufti agreed that the Yatra period would be 45 days instead of two months.
That this time Mufti Sayeed, and not the Shrine Board, directly intervened in the matter speaks for itself. It is a positive development that the Shrine Board and the state government are on the same page as far as their attitude towards the duration of Yatra is concerned. However, it would be better if Mufti Sayeed acts against Geelani, who has been vitiating the atmosphere in the state by indulging in anti-national activities and willfully offending the Hindus across the world by speaking against the Holy Yatra. The entire country wants a stringent action against Geelani and similar other Pakistani agents. |
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