Rohingyas Refugees in Jammu. Is it going the Assam Way? - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir

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Rohingyas Refugees in Jammu. Is it going the Assam Way?

Ravinder Jalali

6/9/2018 10:19:42 PM

The demography of Jammu is already changing in a big way and I doubt whether the city is still to be called the city of Temples. It seems that the city is fast loosing the status of being called city of Temples, under a proper mischievous strategy of Kashmir centric politicians abated and supported by the Govt. and if it will continue unabated like this it will not be far off when Assam like situation may also rise in Jammu and it will not be a surprise for the author of this write up because many times in the past concern about the vulnerability of the presence of Rohngyyas in our state has been voiced. The base is already there and is being strengthened day by day and nurtured by the Govt. headed by PDP and all this is done under the nose of their coalition partner BJP who were once considered the care takers and well wishers of Jammu region, which they have lost now a days. The influx of other people in Jammu has made the locals insecure. The illegal settlements of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi at various strategic locations like near army installations, Railway Stations, Airports are under a well planned strategy and the worst part is that every thing is supported by the Govt and other NGOs who are hell bent upon changing the demography of Jammu.
People across Jammu region, including Lawyers of Jammu Bar Association and civil society, are agitating and had called a bandh recently over various issues. They demand deportation of Rohingyas from Jammu and besides other issues ranging from handing over of the Kathua rape-and-murder case to the CBI and urging the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for taking back her order on tribal issue. The Rohingya issue is now a national issue because these Rohingyas are spread all over India mostly in NCR, J&K, Hyderabad, Haryana, UP and various other states across India and some NGOs are fighting for their rights in the SC. They already want facilities like education, health care etc for them and want the Govt. to direct the forces at the borders not to stop or create problems when they will come to border for coming over to this side. It simply that they should be allowed to enter India without any resistance rather should be facilitated to come to this side.
Here it is pertinent to mention about the trouble of Assam and how it started. At the heart of Assam's troubles is an "infiltration" by outsiders, which has led to ethnic tension between the state's indigenous population and Bengali migrants. Changing demography, loss of land and livelihood and intensified competition for political power has added a deadly potency to the issue of who has a right to Assam. After the 1983 elections, India's government tried to placate local sentiments by signing an accord with the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in 1985 which was leading the campaign against the migrants. The accord promised to disenfranchise migrants who came after 1966 for a period of 10 years, after which they would be included in electoral rolls. Assamese described the 1985 accord as a "betrayal" and decided to wage an armed campaign against India. The migrants and their descendants have also become more assertive with the formation of the Assam United Democratic Front which seeks to protect the rights of minorities and their periodic ousting from settlements through violence. The Front, led by a religious leader Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, has increased its tally in the state legislature over the last two state elections. In 2011, it emerged as the main opposition to Assam's ruling Congress party, winning three times the number of seats won by regional Assamese parties and BJP.
In the light of above it is clear and visible that such type of things is getting shaped in Jammu also. Time will come shortly when it will be vote bank and political parties will promise them proper rehabilitation and will find place in legislatures and will claim rights and facilities equal to state subject which are not even applicable to those who are living in J&K for more than 70years.
Police do not have the complete list of these illegal Rohingyas and have try hit and trail method and when ever there is an illegal activity taking place in these areas hey wake up and punch wrong keys. They have some genuine problems as these illegal immigrants are enjoying the local support of a particular community and all Kashmir based parties including PDP a ruling party who extend all the support, impossible as well as possible to for their rehabilitation with ulterior motive which makes the job of Police a difficult one.
Earlier Central Govt. filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the Rohingyas are illegal immigrants and not refugees, now it is clear that these Rohingyas are to be deported outside India as early as possible. The people and leaders, who advocate their case on international human rights conventions and norms, forget that they become hypersensitive on selective basis and ignore when their own people in their country face human rights violation. When the Rohingyas issue came up entire Muslim world stood by them though it is all lip service and fake sympathy. On one hand they show solidarity with them on the basis of religion but close their doors for them. This is the hypocrisy. These leaders should understand that no body did talk about Kashmiri Pandits when they were thrown out of their homes by the radicalised Islamists in a secular and democratic country.
Now the question arises why there is so much noise on Rohingyas and silence for other communities. Why other people living as refugees in India remain unheard by their own people? Why the blood of these so called Human Right activists boil for selective people who are not even the residents of our country where as they remain silent spectator to the agony and sufferings of their own country men? It seems that the religious bond seems to be much stronger than the national bond.
The plea filed by Rohingyas that they had taken refuge in India after being persecuted in their own country is totally baseless. There are two aspects to rohingyas problem. Firstly it is not true that they have been discriminated or persecuted. Secondly why should we bear the brunt of refugees from Myanmar?
Here it is pertinent to mention that the Rohingyas are people from the Rakhine State of Myanmar, who reside mainly in Northern Arakan Township. During the Pakistan movement in the 1940`s, Rohingyas in western Myanmar organised a separate movement to merge the state with East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh). Rohingyas founded the Mujahid Party as a Jihadi Movement in Northern Arakan in 1947. The aim of Mujahid Party was to make Arakan as an autonomous Muslim State.
The strange and interesting feature is that Kashmir centric politicians and separatists are extending all the help to these refugees and it was recently reported that these Rohnigyas are now in a position to form groups and approach the local politicians who extend their al the support of all kinds including people. PDP party is all to raise their issue and accompany them to DIG police to see heir people are protected and no action as per law of the land is taken against them.
It is the high time for the Govt., to tackle this issue on priority with out wasting any time before it will escalate at the point at which there is no return.

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