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Early Times Report
JAMMU: Prof Hari Om, former Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Maharaja Gulab Singh Chair University of Jammu and member Indian Council of Historical Research has resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party alleging that the party had succumbed to the soft secessionism and communalism and had merely turned out to be an extension of the National Conference.
Prof Hari Om, was the spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir BJP after he was denied support for his Rajya Sabha nomination by the party.
In his over 700 word statement explaining his reasons for the resignation from the party, he said, “with a deep sense of responsibility to my conscience, political beliefs, people of Jammu and the nation at large, I hereby declare my resignation from the primary membership of the Congress Party which I had joined on October 8, 2008. I have no hesitation in saying that I am feeling a great sense of relief while doing so”.
Maintaining that he had great expectations when he joined Congress, he said, “I had joined Congress in 2008 with three things in mind. One, the Congress party in the State will play a role in defeating the type of communal, semi secessionist and hegemonic politics practiced by parties like National Conference and PDP. Two, the Congress party would further strengthen the process of full integration of the State with the Union of India and decisively put a halt to the policies of neglect and discrimination against the Jammu province. And last but not the least, the Congress party would adopt a nation-centric policy towards Pakistan and the militarized secessionism in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress party’s election manifesto at that time had unambiguously enunciated that, ‘The Congress, if voted to power, shall amend Jammu and Kashmir Constitution to federalize the State polity and establish regional council for Jammu. This declaration had encouraged me to see the party with optimism and hope”.
However, he claimed, his expectations were belied, saying, “the Congress party’s joining an alliance with National Conference and then tamely toeing its line on almost all issues concerning national security and integrity, remaining a mute or condescending partner to the National Conference in its relentless campaign for the removal of AFPSA and consequently the removal of Army from the state and becoming an active accomplice in the further marginalization of Jammu has convinced me that the Congress party has chosen to be merely an extension of the National conference or more precisely the communal secessionist and hegemonic politics of the Valley. I don’t think that I can play any role while being the member of this party”.
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