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| Half of June is over and Kashmir is calm | | Hot weather cool people' | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 15: Half of June is over and contrary to the common belief the Valley is calm. Barring weather everything else is cool. The show goes on smoothly. The separatists issue routine statements almost daily and he people are making hay as the tourist flow increases with every passing day.
Surprisingly the first fifteen days of the `dreaded' month have witnessed only one strike on June 11. The strike was called by Syed Ali Geelani to observe the death anniversary of Tufail Matto whose killing triggered what is now called as summer unrest.
The bygone months have comparatively witnessed more strikes meaning thereby that the months were politically hotter than the fifteen days of June. Geelani even threatened another agitation over the Dogra Certificate row when the Legislative Assembly was in session. Some questions arise? Who instigated last year's agitation? And, why did authorities expect a similar agitation this June?
Syed Ali Geelani believes the last year's agitation started when the police and central forces went on a killing spree. While ruling out another agitation this year, Geelani said people will stay calm as long as the police behave. "If the police kill, peace cannot be guaranteed", he said. Geelani thus put the blame on police for the agitation.
Most of the people subscribe to his views. The government issued clear direction to the police and the CRPF to exercise restraint while dealing with public protests in September. Had this direction been issued in June, there would have been no agitation.
A human rights defender while commenting on the reasons of last year's agitation said: "When a boy got killed, the authorities should have ordered a probe and arrested the culprits. Instead they fired on the mourners and the killings continued unabated till 117 persons lost their lives. What option was left to the people?"
He said the people cannot stay calm when their relatives get killed. "People cannot be indifferent and immune to killings. They will protest and the authorities should not expect them to watch the situation like spectators", he said. |
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