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| What will Omar say now? | | Historic Parliamentary Resolution | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 17: Now that the nation has again reiterated through its Parliament, the supreme and highest law-making body in the country, its stand that Jammu & Kashmir, including territories under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, is and shall remain an integral part of India, it is more than clear now that the nation does not recognize Jammu & Kashmir as a political problem. The Indian Parliament on March 15 adopted a resolution to this effect and asked Pakistan to behave failing which action shall be taken against it. The Parliament adopted this resolution in the wake of the March 14 Pakistani resolution on Jammu & Kashmir and Afzal Guru, a Pakistani terrorist of Kashmir origin, who, along with the Pakistan-based anti-India terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), had masterminded the Parliament terror attack in December 2001.
The historic resolution that the Indian Parliament adopted taking into consideration the national sentiment has cleared all cobwebs of confusion and sent a clear message to one and all that Jammu & Kashmir is an integral part of India to the same extent as other states of the Union and that no one will be allowed to tinker with the territorial integrity and sovereignty of India.
Interestingly, the ruling National Conference (NC), which had been complicating matters in Kashmir since years by repeatedly saying that Kashmir was a political problem that needed a political solution, was also a party to the Parliamentary resolution. There was no dissent from any quarter when the presiding officers of both Houses of the Parliament moved the resolution and declared the same adopted unanimously.
Since the NC is a party to the Parliamentary resolution, it is now politically and morally bound to respect it, implement it in letter and spirit and act against those who dare to question the legal, political, constitutional and moral presence of India in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, the three distinct regions that constitute the state, as long as it remains at the helm of affairs.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who also happens to be the working president of the NC, had been saying day in and day out that Jammu & Kashmir was a political problem that needed to be resolved politically and that the financial and employment packages were no substitute to political package (read pre-1953 position or semi-independence).
What will the Chief Minister say now in the wake of the adoption of resolution by the Indian Parliament to which his party is also a party? Will he continue to say that Pakistan must be brought on board and the Pakistani "concerns in the state should be addressed"? Or, will he say now that Pakistan must quit the illegally-occupied areas so that they are integrated into the country to which they lawfully belong?
He needs to appreciate the Parliamentary resolution and ask Pakistan to vacate the illegally occupied territories of Jammu & Kashmir. One has to wait and see what stand he finally takes and what steps New Delhi take in case he says something that is not consistent with the national sentiment as exhibited in the Parliament. One must keeps one's fingers crossed.
It was disturbing that the Speaker of the Assembly did not concede the demand of the Jammu-based parties - BJP, JKNPP and JSM - to bring a counter resolution on the lines of the resolution adopted by the Parliament, notwithstanding the official stand that "Jammu & Kashmir is part of Indian Union and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly". The stand of the government that the "Jammu & Kashmir Assembly has no jurisdiction to pass a counter resolution to the one passed by a different country" was as absurd as it was pro-Pakistan. Pakistan National Assembly had passed resolution on Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri terrorist, and on Jammu & Kashmir. The Jammu & Kashmir Assembly has every right to pass resolution on the enemy country. Had it conceded the national demand, the counter resolution would have been passed in no time, as the main opposition party members were not there either in the Legislative Assembly or in the Legislative Council. One can understand the reasons behind the NC not conceding the demand of the Jammu-based BJP, NPP and JSM members. But one fails to understand why the Congress, which claims day in and day out that it is a national party committed to the unity and integrity of India, not come forward and support the demand as put forth by these Jammu-based parties. Indeed, the Jammu & Kashmir missed the golden opportunity by siding with the controversial NC. There is still time for it to rectify its mistake by taking the initiative and moving a resolution on the notorious and barbarous Pakistan. If the Congress-led UPA Government could pass such a resolution, why can't the state Congress do the same in Jammu & Kashmir?
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