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| JSM discusses discrimination with Jammu ties with Chidambaram | | Suggests measures for rectifying wrongs | | Early Times Report
A delegation of Jammu State Morcha led by its President Prof. Virender Gupta, called on the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram during his visit to Jammu yesterday and discussed in detail the injustice being done with the people of Jammu region since independence. The delegation presented a detailed Memorandum to the Home Minister listing several demands and suggesting certain measures for rectifying the wrongs done to the Jammu ties during the last 60 years. The Morcha openly opposed the idea of granting autonomy to the state under Article 370 as it would indirectly strengthen the two nation theory and endanger the unity and integration of the state with India.
The memorandum urges the Centre to forcefully stake its claim on the Pakistan Occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir and giving up policy of unduly pampering, patronizing and favouring only one section of the population of Kashmir Valley at the cost of other Kashmir based communities and Jammu and Ladakh regions.
The Morcha in the memorandum further said that the so- called alienation of the people of Kashmir Valley is because of this political mafia that created a wall between them and the centre and blamed the Government of India for all their sins and misdeeds. The voice of Gujjars, Shias, Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs and other minorities which are part of the Valley must be heard and given due weightage. The aspirations of the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions should be fulfilled and discrimination against them, political, economic and administrative must end. The issues pertaining to refugees and displaced persons of 1947, 1965 and 1971 both from POK and West Pakistan be addressed and be resolved as per their satisfaction. The Morcha also reiterated its demand for reorganization of the state. While emphasizing on the need of reorganization of J&K State the Morcha pointed out that under the present political set up it is difficult to get justice at the hands of Kashmir based politicians who it alleged are communal, parochial and anti- Jammu.
The memorandum further said that the Self Rule of People Democratic Party, which is the replica of Mushraf’s formula, is deceptive and basically is in conformity with Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s demand of making whole of Jammu & Kashmir as part of Pakistan. By demanding Greater Autonomy, National Conference wants the withdrawal of Indian Constitution, declaring it as a theocratic Islamic State, though agreeing to keep the State under the territorial jurisdiction of secular Indian, for the time being. The unfortunate part is that they want Ladakh and Jammu regions be dragged along the path proposed by them against their wishes and aspirations. India cannot afford to agree to any form of the solutions being proposed by the Kashmiri leaders as these proposals are against the integrity of the country and if accepted it would lead to more outside interference and ultimately lead to the success of the separatist and fundamentalist forces of detaching J&K from India, the memorandum added.
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