news details |
|
|
| Ladakhis fought in October 1989 and got what it wanted | | Dogra Certificate | |  Neha
jammu, May 12: The Ladakhis, like the Dogras of Jammu, were of the opinion that their truck with Kashmiri and Kashmiri leadership would mean erosion of their distinct identity and, hence, in November 1947, they demanded separation of Ladakh from Kashmir. They asked New Delhi to allow them to exercise one of the three options: Merger of Ladakh with Jammu, merger of Ladakh with Himachal Pradesh and merger of Ladakh with Punjab. Jawaharlal Nehru rejected their demands. Obviously, he rejected the Ladakhis' demand to keep the sectarian and pro-autonomy Kashmiri leadership in good humour so that they could exploit the Ladakhis and other non-Kashmiri communities.
The demand put forth by the Jammu leadership was also identical. A vocal section of Jammu leadership, like the Ladakhi leadership, demanded in 1947 separation of the land of the Dogras from Kashmir. Its argument was that the Dogras of Jammu were ethnically, culturally, religiously, geographically, politically and historically a distinct community and that they just couldn't afford a system that would be essentially Kashmir-centric. Nehru had given enough of hints that the state would have a Kashmiri-dominated and Valley-centric government. Separation of the land of the Dogras from Kashmir was their watchword, but Jawaharlal Nehru and other pro-Kashmir elements in New Delhi rejected this demand and threw in the lot of the Dogras with the canny, arrogant and Valley-centric Kashmiri leadership. Subsequently, the bulk of the Dogra leadership reconciled itself to what New Delhi did and left the Dogras in the lurch. The result is that the Dogras continue to cry for justice and struggle to defend and preserve their identity. The plight of the Dogras could be determined from the fact that the National Conference-Congress coalition government in the state, backed to the hilt by the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre, did not grant even illusory concession to the Dogras. The case in point is the revocation of the March 25 Dogra certificate order. The state government and the union government adopted the anti-Dogra stance to keep the Kashmiri separatists and fanatics in good humour. As was expected, the Dogras are seething with anger, with the bulk of their leadership hobnobbing with the Kashmiri rulers for the sake of personal power and profit or for the sake government flats or kothis and becoming members of the Amar Singh Club or Jammu Club. One of the kothis in Rehari Chungi, Jammu, is being renovated to purchase the loyalty of a particular legislator, who pretends that he is for the Dogras and against autonomy and self-rule. There are reports that the state government is spending huge amount on the said kothi - kothi allegedly allotted to one of the BJP legislators. Reliable sources say the said legislator is very close to some top National Conference leaders.
Anyway, the issue under discussion is the attitude of the Ladakhis and their demands. It needs to be underlined that the Ladakhis persisted and continued to demand a separate dispensation. Convinced that New Delhi would not concede their demand, they created a sort of situation in the trans Himalayan Ladakh in October 1989. The result was that New Delhi yielded and entered into an accord with the agitating Ladakhis. That time their demand was Union Territory status. The authorities did not concede that demand. Instead, they agreed to set up an autonomous hill development council there. The setting up the autonomous hill development council has enabled the Ladakhis to preserve their identity and withstand the Kashmiri onslaught. This is the difference between the Ladakhi leadership and the Dogra leadership. It would be only appropriate to say that it is the Dogra leadership that has failed the Dogras. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
