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| Kashmir lawyers bemoan disunity among separatists | | Return of Kashmiri Hindus | |
Neha
JAMMU, June 27: Another seminar on Kashmir in Srinagar and again the emphasis on unity among the separatists ranks and insistence that the persecuted, oppressed and hounded Kashmiri Hindus, if they wish to return to their original homeland, have to resettled in their own houses and cannot be allowed to live in the three proposed enclaves.
The seminar was organized by the Kashmir lawyers on June 25 and the theme was "New Challenges to Resistance Movement". Those, including president of the Bar Association Mian Abdul Qayoom, chief of Dukhtran-e-Millat Asiya Andrabi, former Bar President Nazir Ahmad Ronga and former Bar Association secretary G N Shaheen, who spoke underlined the need for unity among the separatist ranks, saying one of the biggest challenges facing the movement against India is disunity among the separatists. If the movement is to reach its logical conclusion, the separatists have to forget all of their personal differences and work in tandem to achieve the most cherished goal: Jammu and Kashmir's separation from India.
Inaugurating the seminar, Qayoom described disunity among the separatists as one of the six major challenges confronting the anti-India movement in Kashmir movement, but also admitted that "measures necessary for unification of the Hurriyat are also a big challenge". Other challenges, according to Qayoom, facing the ongoing movement included the "writ petition filed by the Panthers Party in the Supreme Court against the resettlement of those state subjects who had gone to Pakistan between March 1, 1947, and May 14, 1954, and the proposed settlement of refugees who had migrated from West Pakistan and were currently in Jammu". He also talked about the erosion of Article 370 and asserted that notwithstanding its erosion, it continues to remind New Delhi about its "commitment to grant right to self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir".
There was nothing new in what the likes of Qayoom said in the seminar. They only sung the same old stale self-rule song knowing it fully well that New Delhi will never allow anyone to tinker with the Indian sovereignty. But more than that, they, particularly Qayoom, advocated the Geelani line as far as the issue of return of Kashmiri Hindus to the Valley was concerned. "The recent welcome statement of the Amnesty International on Kashmiri migrant Pandits goes against the belief of common Kashmiris, wherein the rights body has blamed the armed groups for driving them out of Kashmir in early 1990s. It is a common belief that migration of Kashmiri Pandits was plotted and executed by former Governor of J&K Jagmohan. The moves to settle them in satellite cities is not acceptable. Nobody can prevent their return as they are the state subjects, but not in the manner as it is being proposed," he was quoted as saying. This was precisely what Geelani said a few days ago while reacting to the report that the Government of India was contemplating construction of three enclaves in Kashmir to facilitate return of Kashmiri Hindus to their land of ancestors. Internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus are master of their own destiny and Kashmir belongs to them. You cannot force them to return to Kashmir and resettle in their original houses. The reasons are not far to seek. The reasons are well known and one simply has to examine the causes which forced the minority community to quit Kashmir and become refugees in their motherland. They have never opposed their return to Kashmir. But they have been consistently saying that the situation in the Kashmir valley continues to remain volatile and that the forces which caused their exodus continue to rule the roost across the Valley. It is a well-known fact that the likes of Geelani do want the Kashmiri Hindus to return so that they could mislead the international opinion but their condition is that they have not only to reside in their original houses but also to become part of the movement. The Kashmiri Hindus would never do that as they are committed Indians. It is good that the Government of India is discussing the whole issue with the displaced community to ascertain its views. It would also be desirable if the Union Government isolates the likes of Geelani and restore peace in Kashmir on a permanent basis. One thing should be loud and clear: We must not create a situation in Kashmir that helps the fanatics in the Valley do what they did to the minority community in early 1990 to cleanse the Valley of almost all the "Kafirs". |
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