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| Traitors get VVIP treatment in Kashmir | | At the cost of Nation | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 14: A disturbing and startling report emanated from New Delhi on Sunday. It said that the Jammu & Kashmir Government has spent close to Rs 560 crore for the "maintenance" of Kashmiri separatist leaders in the past five years. The report was based on the information given by "officials" in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). This huge amount has been spent on their travel and accommodation in Kashmir, their elaborate security cover as well as travel out of the valley and stay in five-star hotels in New Delhi whenever they visit the national capital for talks with Government officers and foreign dignitaries. Sources within the J&K Government, who are aware of this, according the report, also said that close to 1,500 police officers have been deployed at the residences of these separatist leaders to act as their personal security officers (PSOs) and security officers. This privilege has been extended even to other "uncategorized political activists", who have a history of promoting separation of Kashmir from India, the disturbing report said. Quoting officials, the report further said that the amount has been spent from the Security Related Expenditure (SRE), which is provided by the MHA to the State Government. Since the inception of the SRE scheme in 1989, the Centre has released Rs 7,207 crore, including Rs 4,735 crore for police expenditure. "Close to Rs 110 crore is spent on the personal safety, accommodation, flights etc., of the separatist leaders every year. This includes around Rs 5-6 crore for their five-star accommodation in New Delhi and for room rents in luxurious hotels in the valley that have been booked in their names for the past 5-6 years. Around 500 PSOs and 950 security guards from the J&K police are also deployed to protect approximately 600 separatist leaders and other private individuals from terrorist attacks. This information has been regularly shared with successive Central Governments," an official with the State Government, as per the report, said. Such measures were required to keep the separatists in good humour, the official said. "This kid glove treatment of the separatists has been the practice for long and rather than blaming the State Government, of all, the blame should be on the Union Government," the said official further added. According to the report, some of the anti-nationals who enjoy this patronage include Hashim Qureshi, who hijacked an Indian Airlines aircraft in 1971 and took it to Pakistan; Salim Geelani; Zafar Akbar Bhat, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement; Shahid-ul-Islam' Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; Bilal Gani Lone; Aga Syed Hassan; Maulana Abbas Ansari; Mussadiq Adil; Abdul Gani Bhat; and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza. Officials in the security establishment and certain politicians have criticized successive Governments for giving undue importance to the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC), which claims to be the representative of the Kashmiri voice - which is not the case. According to them, "the APHC has a nuisance value at the most, which the separatist forces use to market the political body as the 'true voice' of the Kashmiris". The report must shock everyone, as it exposes the elements in the State and Union Governments, who, instead of bringing the traitors to justice, are promoting, funding and protecting them and causing harm to the nation. The taxpayers' money is not meant for them; it is meant for the happiness and welfare of the people. Will the Union Government rise to the occasion and end the policy that has only helped the traitors in Kashmir to bleed the Indian nation. Promote the Pakistani cause and disturbed the life of the people of the State? |
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