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| Polity of Jammu and Kashmir: skewed to favour a few | | Abhishek | |
Jammu, Apr 3
Jammu and Kashmir has been accorded a special status in the constitutional scheme of things in India. Unlike any other state in India J&K has its own constitution, own flag as well as state penal code.
This unique constitutional arrangement thus accords a carte blanche to the state assembly as far as affairs of the state are concerned. Any political group which manages to win majority in polls thus becomes the master of the destiny of around 10 million people of the state for the next six years.
However, this unique deal is based on very skewed principles as they were meant to pacify and appease the Kashmiri leadership in 1947.
As a result of this biased political situation, the people of Jammu and Ladakh have been facing discrimination in every sphere of life since the division of India and Pakistan in two dominions.
Be it developmental funds, jobs in secretariat, government jobs, seats in educational institutions every thing is controlled by the Kashmiris.
Consequently, Jammu, Poonch, Rajouri, Bhaderwah, Doda, Ladakh, Kargil and similar areas which does not fall in Kashmir have faced the brunt of this regional parochialism.
However, blaming only the people and leadership of Kashmir for the wrongs faced by people of the entire state would be patently wrong.
The discrimination with Jammu and Ladakh is going on with active support of the top leaders of both the regions, who are perhaps scared by the political stature of the Kashmiri leaders.
None of the political leaders in Jammu have been able to fight for the cause of this region and instead have been more interested in securing their own power and pelf.
The Bharatiya Janata Party which claims to uphold the interests of the Hindus in the entire India has also failed to keep in check the dominance of the Kashmiri leadership. The party entered into a truck with National Conference an out and out Kashmiri party in 1996 and its president Omar Abdullah was made the external affairs minister.
Similarly, the Indian National Congress which has been in power in India entered into a truck with Peoples Democratic Party, a political outfit which identifies with the separatist cause and is more comfortable with militant groups. The people of Jammu due to this political hogwash by the leadership are facing immense problems as no one is ready to address the problems being faced by them.
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