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| Accession was on three, not four subjects | | Status of J&K | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 9: It was on March 25, 2013 that NC leader and the then Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah for the first time said that the accession of the state with India was on four subjects - defence, foreign affairs, communication and finance. "Those who repeatedly claim that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India (Atoot Ang) forget that the accession was only on subjects of communication-currency, defence and foreign affairs, which was gradually eroded," he had said on the floor of the assembly. It then appeared that it was a mere slip of tongue.
Ever since then, the NC leaders, both from Jammu province and Kashmir region, have been saying it again and again. The other day, a Jammu-based NC leader also reiterated that the accession was only on subjects of communication-currency, defence and foreign affairs. It is not true; it is a distortion of sorts.
The accession of the state to India was, it needs to be underlined, on three subjects - defence, foreign affairs and communication - and not on four subjects - defence, foreign affairs, communication and finance. It was true of all the 560-odd princely states, including J&K, which acceded to India on or after August 15, 1947. It was a temporary arrangement as the Indian Constituent Assembly was still in the process of framing new constitution for the country. All the princely states got merged with India the day the Indian Constitution was enforced (January 26, 1950).
That it was not a mere slip of tongue and that he actually meant what he said became clear on April 5 when he reiterated his assertion distorting history and taking everyone for a ride. Participating in the Mindmine Summit in New Delhi, he had said: "The situation in J&K is special - the accession to the Indian Union was only on four areas -- communication, currency, defence and foreign affairs, which have been gradually eroded over the years. So there will be some resistance. You have to deal with it. You have to win the heart of the people". "If I had to select two points, it would be one, the phase-wise revocation of the AFSPA and two, the return of NHPC power projects to the State as recommended by the Rangarajan committee," he also said
The statement that he made on the floor of the assembly on March 25 and the statement that he made in New Delhi later on in New Delhi were identical. All this shows that he is following in the footsteps of others in his party like Farooq Abdullah and Mustafa Kamaal who day-in-and day-out talk of the otherwise non-existent Delhi Agreement (1952). It would be better if he revisits October 1947 and go through the instrument of accession. However, to pinpoint this is not to suggest that the issue of accession is open. It is not. The issue of accession was settled way back on October 26, 1947 and the accession is lawful, constitutional, voluntary and non-negotiable.
Omar Abdullah and his associates in Kashmir and Jammu would do well to stop misinterpreting the Instrument of Accession. They cannot fool the nation, which is not prepared to swallow any misrepresentation of facts. |
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