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| `Autonomy will be an interim relief for Kashmir’ | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, April 22: An in-depth analysis of the interlocutors’ press briefing at Srinagar yesterday reflects their mindset. The Padgoanker led panel is most likely to recommend greater autonomy to Jammu Kashmir. The panel knows it will not restore peace to the conflict torn state. Their second priority is to engage the separatists in the dialogue process. So, restoration of autonomy is an interim relief for Kashmiris. The final solution, if one reads the interlocutors mind correctly, shall come after separatists and New Delhi sit on the table. The recommendations are likely to evoke ridicule in Jammu and Ladakh for obvious reasons.
History is witness to the fact that the Jammu people hated autonomy. They launched an agitation seeking Eak Nishaan, Eak pradan and Eak Vidaan (One flag, one Prime Minister and one legislature). The people of Ladakah stand for total merger with India. They want to get rid of what they call Kashmir hegemony. And for the information of the interlocutors, nobody except the National Conference leaders is interested in autonomy.
The Bhartaya Janata Party (BJP) and Panthers Party (PP) MLAs registered strong protest on March 17 over intended change of nomenclature of the top posts in the state. They warned against any compromise on the unity and integrity of the country. There is no denying the fact that the National Conference believes that autonomy was the best solution to the vexed problem. How to achieve the goal? Can it be granted by the Prime Minister and his cabinet? According to constitutional experts, the government has to go to the Parliament and amend the constitution, or re-induct the omitted articles that spoke about autonomy of the state. This also is not possible. The government lacks the numbers required for passing such amendments. The opposition shall oppose such move tooth and nail for obvious reasons. Restoring autonomy, political experts believe, is simply impossible for New Delhi at this point of time. According to them, “Jammu Kashmir is a very sensitive issue. The gullible people in India believe that Jammu Kashmir binds them to the Indian union. Therefore, developments in the state are viewed with extreme caution and interest. Scores of states in India are up in arms against New Delhi. Some demand absolute sovereignty and some are unhappy with the system. Granting autonomy to Jammu Kashmir, therefore, will have a serious bearing on government of India. It may end up in a change in the pattern of governance. Is India prepared for a federal system of governance? This perhaps is the reason that the BJP government did not consider National Conference’s autonomy document.”
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