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The U Turn Of Gupkaries

7/7/2021 1:24:41 AM

Omkar Dattatray

Ten days have passed since the prime minister had convened an all party meeting of the political parties and the regional stakeholders of the Gupkar alliance. The regional political parties and Gupkaries should have initiated political activities and plunged into the democratic process. But instead of the follow up action on the outcome of the historical meeting ,the Gupkaries had a U Turn and have declared in a meeting of the regional parties that they will not participate in the assembly elections till the full statehood is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. This is a complete U turn from their stand just after the all party meeting of the prime minister. All the leads after the meeting in Delhi have said that the meeting went on in a cordial manner and was a new beginning. Dr Farooq Abdullah the chairman of the PAGD and the president of the national conference is on record to have said that the all party meeting was held in a good and positive manner and it was a good beginning and it will open the way forward for the holding of the much overdue elections. He even said that those who talk of the restoration of the article 370 of the constitution at this juncture are senseless people and restoration of the full statehood is not practical. In fact the Gupkar alliance has allegiance to Hurriyat conference and has a soft corner for the other separatists and thus they had a U turn after ten days from the all party meeting of the prime minister. What is needed in the interests of the Jammu and Kashmir people is taking of an active part in the democratic exercise. Since there is no alternative to the democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir and as such the regional political parties should jump in the political process for the ending of the political uncertainty .People of the disturbed state have a right to have a democratically elected government and as such the regional political parties should realise their role and responsibility and initiate the stalled political process in Jammu and Kashmir. The regional political leaders are adept in the art of blackmailing the centre government and also hoodwink them for getting more and more amenities for the disturbed Jammu and Kashmir and this time they are doing the same irrespective of its effect on the political scenario of Jammu and Kashmir. The regional political parties and satraps should without wasting further time plunge into the political process for the betterment of the people of the disturbed state. As the centre government is very keen to start the political process in Jammu and Kashmir and so the regional groupings should gauge the mood of the centre and initiate democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir to give a big relief to the hapless people by giving them the right to elect a government of their choice .The prime minister and the home minister of the country have made it clear that the full statehood will be restored to Jammu and Kashmir at the appropriate time and so their should be no politics on this issue. Therefore what is needed is taking part in the elections to get a statehood for the state when the law and order situation is under control and militancy is also under check. So the regional political parties and the Gupkaries should realise their responsibility and initiate the much needed democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir which is long overdue. Thus as a first step the regional stakeholders should co –operate with the delimitation commission so that the delimitation of the constituencies is completed which gives a fair representation to all the people. Since the delimitation should precede the assembly elections and so all the political parties including the regional ones should play their role in the delimitation of the constituencies so that the assembly elections will be held as soon as possible. As a follow up of the all party meeting the political parties including the regional ones should initiate democratic process which is a natural corollary of the historical meeting and initiative. Since the centre government has done its job and had made it clear that they want a democratically elected government in the Jammu and Kashmir. Therefore as a natural consequence all the political parties shoals start the political process at the earliest so that the alienation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is eliminated and a peoples government is formed in Jammu and Kashmir to give a succour to the alienated people who are in political uncertainty since the centres rule.So without beating the bush the regional political parties should start the democratic process to ease the problems and ills of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Thus what is needed for the political parties and the regional ones to plunge into the political process so that the assembly elections are held as soon as possible so that the people do not face the political uncertainty .Since the political parties of the Jammu and Kashmir and their leaders are in political wilderness and so they should participate in the assembly elections when held. It is so disturbing and unbecoming that the Gupkar alliance has now laid a precondition of the restoration of the full statehood for their participation in the assembly elections. At this point of time it is impractical to talk of the restoration of the statehood and so elections should be held to give the people of the disturbed Jammu and Kashmir a representative government. And for this all the political parties including the Gupkar alliance should participate in the election process for the restoration of the full statehood at the appropriate time as promised by the prime minister and the Home Minister of the country at umpteen times.

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