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| NC statement on plebiscite ‘A desperate attempt to stay relevant’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: National Conference (NC) general secretary's statement on plebiscite has been perceived as a preparation for the 2014 elections. Sheikh Nazir is known for his anti-India stand and the NC intends to make the best use of him especially in Kashmir where `separatism' still sells.
Nazir has issued the statement at a time when the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference is flirting with Musharraf's four-point-formula. The formula revolves around, demilitarization, porus borders and joint control. All these things have been happening. A few CRPF bunkers have been removed from the city, several points have been opened along the LoC and the State is presently being administered by India and Pakistan. So there is no problem with the current stand of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference. The NC, therefore, has to do something extra-ordinary to sell itself in the coming days. A statement on plebiscite was issued with a hope to muster support of the masses.
However, before going to 2014, Sheikh Nazir's statements on 1975 accord need to be analyzed. He believes that the accord is inconclusive. Some issues including restoration of autonomy were remitted to principals. The principals never met and Sher-e-Kashmir never asked for it. Dr Farooq Abdullah never sought a meeting of the principals. Instead he prepared a comprehensive document on autonomy in 1997. Political experts believe he should have sought the meeting in 1996 after assuming the office of the Chief Minister of the State. According to them, it should have been more appropriate than opting for a new document.
Nazir and Kamaal tried to exonerate, Sher-e-Kashmir from the 1975 `sell out'. However, Sher-e-Kashmir justifies the accord on page 837 of his autobiography: "It was not a deviation from the basic stand. It was change of strategy. We shifted our struggle from streets to the table."
The statements, therefore, are desperate attempts to stay relevant in the changing political scenario than doing the praschit. |
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