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| Battle for control leaves Kashmir high and dry | | Whose writ runs in Valley? | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 16: It seems the state government has finally decided to enforce its writ strictly in strife torn Kashmir. In his new calender, the chairman of Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani relaxed restrictions from dusk to dawn but the government opted for night curfew to convey the message in clear terms. The fight for gaining control of the Valley has left people high and dry.
The government found itself in a tight corner for the past three months. It had no option but to follow the separatist calendar. Life resumed or came to a halt when Geelani wished. It was Geelani who decided when the government offices should open. The impact of Geelani's influence was felt at Mumbai. According to a banker, the former chairman of Jammu Kashmir Bank, Haseeb Drabu was reprimanded by the Reserve bank of India (RBI) for following Geelani's calendar.
The calendar issued by the separatist had urged the shopkeepers to do business at night. The transporters had also been asked to ply their vehicles on all routes in the evening. Geelani had even asked the youth to undertake cleanliness drive in their respective localities on particular days.
But the strategy has been changed now. The government seems desperate to enforce its writ. A senior official preferring anonymity said Geelani had to be conveyed that he could not run a parallel government in Kashmir.
The official evaded comment when asked people were suffering for want of food items and medicines. The hardened stand of the authorities will force the separatists to change or at least amend their calendar.
The tussle between the separatists and the authorities has put the ball in peoples' court. If government relaxes curfew on a day when the separatists want the people to remain indoors, what will happen? In such an eventuality, the quest for essential commodities and medicines may take the people to the markets. This means the authorities will register a victory. But will the separatists digest it easily?
The irony in contemporary Kashmir is that a person cannot decide how he has to live his life. The vital decision is taken very often by the separatists and at times by the authorities. |
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