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| CDR did what it was expected to do | | Pak a Stakeholder | | Rustam
Jammu, Dec 17: The highly questionable Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR), which organized a three-day-long dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir (December 14-16) in Jammu, did what it was expected to do and it could do it because most of those who took part in the perverted dialogue were those who had been carefully selected by the organizers funded by some agencies. The case in point is the resolution the participants adopted yesterday which, among other things, said: "There are three principal stakeholders of the process--- India, Pakistan and the people of Jammu-Kashmir on both sides of the LoC. The divergence in political opinion in Jammu and Kashmir can be overcome through consensus-building and this should be encouraged and made a priority". "The political resolution of the Kashmir issue remains Central to this process and should be addressed in a time-bound manner," the 11-point resolution also said.
The resolution did very reluctantly acknowledge that there is "divergence in political opinion in Jammu and Kashmir", but its main focus was on the already over-pampered, highly prosperous and extraordinarily privileged Kashmir valley and the population its houses. It willfully ignored the fact that the problem in Kashmir is fundamentally communal. It also willfully ignored the fact that the real problem is in Jammu region and Ladakh where the people have been suffering immense socio-economic and political losses at the hands of the Kashmiri leadership and New Delhi ever since the State's accession to India. The resolution did not focus problem on the real problem in the State for obvious reasons.
The agenda of the CDR was Kashmir and Pakistan and it got resolved what Pakistan and the Kashmiri secessions had been saying since 1947: Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory, Pakistan is a party to the dispute and the Illegally-occupied Jammu and Kashmir be allowed to go out of the Indian Constitutional framework, if not out of India to start with". Even Syed Ali Shah Geelani never called Pakistan a stakeholder. The job of the CDR became easy because most of those from Jammu who took part in the three-day dialogue were those who are little known in the Jammu's political circles, who, it appears, are committed only to themselves and who are basically half-baked secularists and democrats. But it hardly matters, as the people of Jammu province are capable of defending themselves and the national cause in the state. But more than that, the Indian nation is quite vibrant and fully alive to the needs of the time. Remember, it was the pressure from below which forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to turn down the invitation to visit Pakistan. On December 15, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik had met the Prime Minister and extended the invite.
However, to say all this is not to suggest that none from Jammu spoke the truth. There were a couple of participants from Jammu who, according to one insider, did some plain-speaking try to put things in perspective. But this is not the point. The point is that CDR succeeded in getting a resolution passed that said Pakistan and Kashmir, like India, are also equal stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the point that causes some worry.
The CDR mercenaries would do well to feel the pulse of the nation. The Indian nation is very strong. It will under no situation permit the weak New Delhi to compromise the nation's position either on Jammu and Kashmir or on Sir Creek and Siachen Glacier region. The sooner they do so the better. As for most of those from Jammu region who participated in the dialogue, they would also do well to rise above petty personal considerations. It would be better if they identify them with the sentiments of the people of Jammu and rest of the country and play a positive role. They should remember that it is a crime against the Indian nation to go near those controlling and running such dubious organizations as the CDR. |
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