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| Ghost of alleged rigged 1987 Assembly poll is reborn in Kashmir | | | The ghost of rigged Assembly elections of 1987 has taken a rebirth with Sajjad Lone, who is being backed by BJP for the post of Chief Minister, announcing that he would, on his victory in the elections, set up a Reconciliation Commission to punish people involved in 1987 Assembly poll "rigging" if he comes to power after the 2019 Assembly polls. In fact the alleged rigged Assembly poll in 1987 gave birth to the Muslim United Front which has laid the basis for the separatist movement that continues to flourish. Lone has claimed that "One lakh people have been killed in the State as a result of the rigging of 1987 polls which created militancy. Omar Abdullah has talked about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Let us have it for 1987 rigging," Lone has said on the sidelines of the joining ceremony of the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Raja Aijaz Ali in PC.
National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah has in the past demanded formation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the pattern of South Africa's 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' headed by a South African cleric and activist Desmond Mpilo Tutu constituted after the Apartheid so that the killing of tens and thousands of people and other human rights violations carried out in Kashmir during the past three decades are probed. Lone has accused PDP and NC of "looting" public money for past 70 years, Lone said, "They cannot even account for what they are wearing. Nobody in their families has either been in government service or in self-financed personal business enterprise."
He said if his party comes to power he would relinquish the Special Security Group protection for previous chief ministers of NC and PDP along with the official accommodations which they are occupying after losing power.
The PC Chairman said no officer had ever been taken to task for corruption-related issues due to the patronage of NC and PDP.
It seems that Lone like Dr Farooq Abdullah is confident of the victory of National Conference and the Peoples' Conference in the ensuing Assembly elections. Dr Farooq Abdullah has promised people, if voted to power, that he would secure regional autonomy for them and Lone has promised that he would, if voted to power, set up Truth and Reonciliation commission to probe the killing of people during the malpractices committed during the Assembly election of 1987. Let the Commission find out the reasons responsible for the rise of separatist conglomerates in the Kashmir valley. The Commission should also probe those responsible for the rigging in the poll and if it is done the National Conference and the Congress would be held responsible. |
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