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| Autonomy, self rule cannot solve Kashmir dispute: Vakil | | | early times report
Kangan, Sept 18: Former Minister and Member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil today said that neither a self rule proposal of the People's Democratic Party nor autonomy of National Conference can resolve Kashmir issue. He was addressing a public meeting at Kangan in Ganderbal district today.
"They have to understand that Kashmir issue can only be resolved when all the parties including separatists sit together and take into consideration the aspirations of all the three regions of the state", he said.
Vakil said resolution of Kashmir issue was enshrined in collective wisdom of the parties concerned, a criterion which the self-rule or autonomy proposal does not fulfill.
He said Congress will not allow anybody to use Kashmir issue to change the fortunes or misfortunes of political exploiters. "Kashmir issue cannot be treated as commodity on which dirty politics can be played," added Vakil.
He said Article 370 is to be strengthened and those communal forces bent upon dividing the state are to be kept at bay. "Divisive forces seeking abrogation of Art 370 are enemies of the state", he added.
Describing corruption as the biggest enemy of the State Vakil said "corruption and nepotism" would have to be fought with firm hands.
He said there is no room for such people and asked Omar Abdullah to implement law under which properties of corrupt officials whose assets were proved to be more than their known source of income were seized. "It was because of the introduction of such stringent laws that Jammu and Kashmir State which was once considered as most corrupt state had scaled down to number 20. However, the situation has again reached back to square ones and we are being considered as number two in the list which is quite unfortunate", he said.
Vakil said that Congress is quite a relevant force in Jammu and Kashmir State and those undermining it were living in an illusion. He said the significance of Congress party is Jammu and Kashmir is associated with state's peace and prosperity for which many political leaders and workers have sacrificed their lives. "In this context playing a role of B team in the present coalition does not arise. Congress had always been on the forefront when it came to the development, restoration of peace, prosperity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir", he said.
MLC Haji Ali Mohammad Bhat, District President Ganderbal Ghulam Hassan Shah, Senior Congress Leader Mohammad Yaqoob Kapra and several others also addressed the meeting. |
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