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| Noorani invokes Dogra to question Mufti's association with BJP | | State Flag | |
Early Times Report
jammu, Aug 31: AG Noorani, who championed the Chinese cause for years and has been advocating a solution to the so-called Kashmir problem that is acceptable to Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists, has been opposing the alliance between the PDP and the BJP, saying it has only helped the BJP to create a space for itself in the Valley (which is not a fact) and weakened the Kashmiri cause.
What has provoked pro-Pakistan and pro-separatist Mumbai-based Noorani to attack Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed was the absence of the BJP ministers from the official function organized on July 13 in the memory of 21 traitors, called martyrs in Kashmir. A BJP MLA had described July 13 as Black day and the BJP, which is part of the Government, had not attended the official function, organized in Srinagar that day. Actually, all the BJP ministers were in Delhi on July 12 and July 13 to attend a meeting organized by the party high command. The people of Jammu region and Kashmiri Hindus also dismiss July 13 as a black day and approve the action Maharaja Hari Singh took to teach the traitors a lesson that day in 1931.
Launching a frontal attack on Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed, Noorani wrote thus: "He (Mufti) has always been New Delhi's man in Srinagar. On taking the oath of office, on March 1, 2015, he struck heroic postures. In less than a fortnight, he beat a retreat on several issues. Kashmir's flag was one of them. On March 12, a government circular said that it had, according to the State's Constitution, the 'same sanctity and position as the national flag'. It said in explicit terms: 'The flag shall always be hoisted jointly on the buildings, housings, and shall be used [sic.] on the official cars of constitutional authorities'. It was issued by the Commissioner Secretary of the General Administration Department, Mohammed Ashraf Bukhari. He warned: Its non-hoisting along with the national flag amounts to insult to the flag as per the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Prevention of Insult to State Honours Act, 1979," "Two flags, one state" (Frontline, Sep 4).
He also wrote: "The State's High Court was then hearing a petition by a former Indian Forest Service Officer, seeking directions inter alia for "demonstration of dignity to the State flag by the State Government". Mufti fell in line with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 1952, Mookerjee gave it the slogan "Ek desh men do vidhan, do pradhan aur do nishan nahin chalega" (There cannot be two Constitutions, two premiers and two flags in the country). The officer was let down-the circular was not sanctioned by the "competent authority". It needed no such sanction. It has the sanction of Kashmir's Constituent Assembly, its own Constitution, and the Delhi Agreement. Matters did not end there…For the first time in Jammu & Kashmir, a ruling party has refused to be part of the official Martyrs' Day function that pays homage to the 21 Kashmiris who were killed by the forces of the Dogra Maharaja in 1931".
"This is what Mufti has accomplished, not the unity of Jammu and Kashmir as he dishonestly claimed," and added that "by giving the BJP legitimacy into the valley, he has widened the rift", that "We do not have Girdhari Lal Dogra (father-in-law of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley) to oppose the BJP, which has nailed its mast to the counter-it stands by Dogra rule from the traitor Gulab Singh of 1846 to Hari Singh, who fled from Srinagar when the raiders from Pakistan entered the State on October 22, 1947" and that "By allying himself with the BJP, the Mufti has betrayed the ideals for which Kashmiris fought the Dogras".
Noornai, in fact, quoted Dogra extensively to make his point. He said had GL Dogra been alive, he would have opposed the BJP and upheld the importance of the State flag. On August 19, 1952, when the non-existent Delhi Agreement was debated between Nehru and the Sheikh, after the Sheikh had made a statement explaining it, G.L. Dogra had said: "The statement (on state flag) which is now under the consideration of the House (J&K Constituent Assembly) is not an isolated thing of sudden growth. It is a product of the continuous development of the circumstances since 1931. It is a result of the sacrifices offered by the martyrs for the emancipation of this country. They (Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and his supporters or Jan Sangh leaders and workers) are the same communalists who caused the death of Mahatma Gandhi, but today they have the cheek to say that they are not communal-minded. By saying so today they insult the one-nation theory of India. The Praja Parishad element [of Jammu] is allying itself with the traitors of India, and most of what is being alleged against us today is being propagated by these very communalists. But while giving our decision regarding India, we must not take into account these people only. Amongst crores of Indians, we find traitors as well as honest gentlemen. We should not form our opinion about the general mentality of the Indian people by the actions of these few communalists. But the stooges hailing from Jammu declare their unwillingness to accept anything so long as they do not come to know of the true spirit underlying the statement. I would remind these people, whether they be within or outside the State, of some established facts. Perhaps some of the Hon'ble members do not know as to what has been the role of Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in the past.…We all know as to what was the role of Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee at the time. In the days of famine in Bengal, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee happened to be the Finance Minister there. The role he played in this capacity is hidden from none and I think that it needs no repetition. Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee is responsible for the division of Bengal. Even today the people of Bengal want that their motherland should be reunited. Not being satisfied with the division of Bengal, he has come here to divide our State and that too on the basis of the two-nation theory. This is his unholy design and he wants us to play into his hands and become tools of his provocation. Mr Mookerjee is playing the same game which is being played by the reactionary elements of the whole world. Mr Mookerjee has launched this crusade against us in support of the vested interests".
Reacting to the Mookerjee's criticism, Dogra had further said: "Second objection raised by him is that why do we celebrate the Martyrs' Day? I would like to ask if he wants us to celebrate a day in the remembrance of those acts which have put the whole humanity to shame. You cannot make any distinction among the martyrs on the basis of religion. We celebrate the Martyrs' Day in memory of those who raised their voice against the autocracy in this State and made the backward masses politically conscious. I would refer to him the speech of our leader (Sheikh Abdullah) which he delivered at Udhampur wherein he paid tribute to those martyrs. Regarding the question as to why the Kashmir issue was taken before the Security Council, I would say that he too must share the blame because he also was one of the members of the Central Cabinet".
Thus, Noorani invoked Dogra to undermine the position of Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed in the eyes of the people of Kashmir. He should have praised the Mufti for what he got for Kashmir from the BJP, but he chose otherwise. It should not be difficult to understand why Noorani invoked the late GL Dogra. |
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