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| Governor’s rule an opportunity for BJP to undo Congress' wrongs | | Jammu, Ladakh have suffered for 70 years | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 24: The BJP at the helm of affairs in New Delhi and the imposition of the Governor rule in J&K on June 19 has created a novel situation. The Governor rule is in effect the Central rule. It's a rare opportunity; it's a God-sent opportunity. It would be only desirable if the Prime Minister makes an optimum use of this God-sent opportunity; integrates Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh fully into the national mainstream and redress the grievances of Jammu and Ladakh. The people of Jammu and Ladakh have suffered huge socio-cultural and politico-economic losses during all these 70 years of the accession of J&K with India and 70 years is not a small period. The situation has now climaxed to the point that the very identity and personality of these two regions are under threat. Their plight of the minorities in these two regions is highly miserable.
The BJP has been at the helm of affairs at the Centre since May 2014. It was hoped that it would undo the wrongs which the Congress committed in J&K during its decades of misrule. Some of the wrongs were Article 370, Article 35-A, denial of citizenship rights to the Hindu-Sikh refugees from Pakistan living in Jammu since 1947 and a regime that enabled leadership in Kashmir to convert Jammu and Ladakh into Kashmir's two colonies and render the people of these two regions unreal and ineffective for all practical purposes.
These four wrongs virtually created separate Republic of J&K on the soil of India and subverted the very Preamble of the Indian Constitution that preaches the principle of equality across the country.
The hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would undo these wrongs had stemmed from the speeches he delivered at very-largely attended elections rallies across the nation, including Jammu, between February 2013 and May 2014. However, he did nothing whatsoever to undo these wrongs much to the chagrin of the suffering people of Jammu and Ladakh. Instead, the BJP sprung a big surprise on February 26, 2015, by stitching an alliance with the known pro-Pakistan, pro-separatist; essentially Kashmir-centric; and patently anti-Jammu and anti-Ladakh People's Democratic Party (PDP). The BJP not just forged an alliance with PDP, but also handed over everything to it on a platter: the office of Chief Minister, all portfolios with political weight, considerable funds and patronage and veto power. The PDP assumed the office on March 1, 2015, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders.
As was expected, the PDP took full advantage of the opportunity it got and further hurt the nation. It systematically destroyed Jammu and Ladakh politically, socially, culturally and economically. Its policies created widespread resentment and dissatisfaction among all in Jammu and Ladakh except those in power and those close to the corridors of power. The worst aspect of the whole situation was the kind of freedom the PDP-led coalition government gave to separatists to create serious troubles for the nation in the state in general and Kashmir Valley in particular. As a matter of fact, the PDP-led government facilitated and hastened the process of radicalization in Kashmir.
People of Jammu say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Governor of J&K, NN Vohra, need to work in tandem and undo all the four wrongs the Congress committed. They add that they can do it in no time. And they appear correct. |
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