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| Mr Governor pursing Sheikh Abdullah line would be dangerous rustam | | OMAR INSULTS JAMMU STARK REALITY-II | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 10: It needs to be noted that Sheikh Abdullah was the main character in the anti-Jammu and anti-Hindu drama enacted in and after 1932, when he founded the Muslim Conference (MC). He started his career with all precision and clarity but trod it with all the care and caution. He was a leader of Kashmir, essentially of a particular sect (read Kashmiri-speaking Sunnis). Kashmir and communalism were the two cornerstones of his politics. He set up the MC to fulfill his cherished dreams and renamed it as National Conference (NC) in 1938, which was a mere change of strategy with his eyes fixed on his goal of independent Kashmir. He coupled his whole programme with a religious appeal in order to exploit the sentiments of the people of Kashmir and fomented agitation after agitation against the princely ruler of the time and thus built up a strong Kashmiri movement in the Valley. His "Quit Kashmir" slogan in his 1946 movement against the Dogras of Jammu and the Dogra maharaja, Hari Singh, shows that the Sheikh had the vision of a full-fledged independent Kashmir in his mind after ousting the "alien" ruler in the manner the Congress had the vision of an independent India envisaged by the "Quit India" movement against the British. The fact is that the genesis of the ongoing secessionist militancy in the Valley lies in the pre-1947 developments, with the Sheikh playing the main role after the third decade of the last century.
One can understand why Chief Minister Omar Abdullah praised the Sheikh and what the Sheikh stood and worked for all through his life to create schism between the two major communities, Hindus and Muslims. After all, he is the grandson of the Sheikh and belongs to that school of though to which the likes of Syed Ali Shah Geelani belong. As a matter of fact, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has gone several steps further to help create a situation that enables the Geelanis to achieve what they want to achieve.
But one fails to comprehend why State Governor N N Vohra praised the Sheikh and described him as a "tall and visionary leader who nurtured a dream of peace, progress and prosperity in all parts of J&K." His assertion is flawed. He was also wrong when he asserted that the Sheikh "strove throughout his life for strengthening the cherished values of secularism and democracy and socio-economic advancement of the people of J&K." What sort of secularism he talked about? What sort of democracy he talked about? The Sheikh was neither secular nor democrat. He was a communalist of communalists and an autocrat of autocrats. Nor was he ever for India. He turned to Nehru only after Mohammad Ali Jinnah snubbed the Sheikh's emissaries Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad and G M Sadiq, who had gone to Lahore to negotiate the Kashmir's accession to Pakistan. The Sheikh was mortally afraid of Jinnah. It appears the Governor knows nothing about the Sheikh or he has been misinformed by certain vested interests in Kashmir so that he distorts history and suppresses hard facts of history.
Even more disturbing was the Governor's suggestion that the "best tribute which could be paid to this great leader, at this juncture, would be for the people to work with a missionary zeal to revive and strengthen the state's deep-rooted secular traditions, the bonds of communal harmony, brotherhood and amity, for ensuring peace, progress and prosperity in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh." If what the State Governor said on September 7 is be to be pursued or followed, the result would be a disaster. Kashmir is already passing through critical times. Kashmiri people are already suffering because of the wrongs committed by the Sheikh, who never allowed the Kashmiri Muslims to join the national mainstream. But more than that, the Sheikh indulged in a kind of politics that was highly personalized and that was aimed at capturing political power and then retaining control over it by all conceivable and inconceivable means.
Governor N N Vohra is not a politician. He is constitutional head of the state. He has to set example and not to allow himself to be carried away by falsehood. It is his duty to defend India and the Indian Constitution and present an accurate picture of facts to New Delhi. He should avoid making comments which distort history or murder history and perpetuate falsehood. He should call a spade a spade so that the ugly face of the ongoing secessionist movement in the Valley is thoroughly exposed and all those responsible for creating troubles for India and subverting secularism and democracy in Kashmir are isolated and punished. In fact, he has to extra careful because the people are still very angry with him because of his controversial role during the Amarnath land row. He should remember pursing the Sheikh's line would be dangerous. (Concluded) |
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