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| A Look Through the mist Oct 2008 Self Rule Document in place, can PDP be regarded as Main Stream Party | | |
PDP's concept paper
distances Self Rule
from NC Autonomy professing that Self- Rule refers to autonomy from the Nation-State of India, whereas Autonomy connotes relative autonomy from the Government of India. The Self Rule draft released by Mufti Mohd Sayeed's PDP on 25 October 2008 has attempted to add a new leaf to the questions on nationality of "Kashmiries" ( I would not say J&K).
Mufti Mohd Sayeed has borrowed the logics like 1952 Delhi agreements and questioning alleged undue extension of some articles to ( Article 356, application of Article 357 by which New Delhi has powers to make legislation in place of State legislature, Article 249 of Indian Constitution (by which New-Delhi can legislate on JK, Constitutional Order 101 was promulgated by the President under Article 370 adding Clause 4 in Article 368 prohibiting JK from changing the powers or privileges of Governor , Article 312 and the like ……. ) Constitution of J&K through the channels of article 370 of Constitution of India while drafting the Self Rule Document. This was to compete with National Conference in the race for gaining political grounds for entry into the J&K Legislature . But PDP well knew that this way it will not able to defeat the acceptance that Dr. Farooq Abdullah's National Conference enjoys in J&K including the Jammu and Ladakh regions.. Keeping in view the ground conditions particularly in Kashmir Valley (where the anti Indian Government , anti India , anti 1947 accession, pro Pakistan propaganda and separatist elements had been allowed to profess without much resistance particularly after 1989) PDP also borrowed some links form separatist ideologies for inclusion in the Self Rule concept. All these years Mufti Mohd Sayeed ( who had also remained Home Minister in the Union Cabinet ) had been preaching a new prophesy ( he had invented less for the welfare the people of Kashmir Valley / people of J&K / return of peace in J&K / defeating the separatist elements and more for his personal benefit ) so that he could hope for holding on the power seats in J&K through the electoral process. The self rule concept did help the separatists ideologies instead of defeating them. It was in 2002 that Mufti Mohammed Sayeed did receive some returns from the elections to J&K Assembly at the cost of National Conference . So far Dr. Farooq Abdullah had at no time and in no circumstances raised any questions on validity of 1947 Accession of J&K with India and had been out rightly condemning those who advocated / demanded secession of Kashmir from India . Gains by PDP at the cost of NC did depict that during the period from 1996 to 2002 very less work has been done in Kashmir Valley ( by the local political cadres / local administrative cadres/ local social organizations / local intelligence agencies / central intelligence agencies / the so called main stream leaders / Congress cadres / Government of India agencies ) to check the separatist propaganda/ to pass on the right information regarding Accession / India to common local people / to encourage the nationalist / pro India elements / to debrief the misinformed innocent people.
Had it not been so there was no reason for PDP to score over National Conference in Kashmir Valley. Otherwise National Conference had been doing its best for questioning GOI as regards erosion of the Autonomy granted to J&K through Article 370 / J&K Constitution and even got the autonomy resolution passed from J&K Legislative Assembly. National Conference had been at occasions raising the demands for Autonomy in a peaceful manner and no any agitation / violent attitude had been adopted even after the Union Cabinet rejected the J&K Assembly resolution 2000. PDP still did not make much grounds in Jammu / Ladakh Regions. So it could be assessed the separatist like view points / question on Kashmir being total India surely added to the vote bank of PDP ( that was professing some separatist like view points in the local lanes of Kashmir Valley along with erosion of Autonomy) in Kashmir valley where the innocent local people of Kashmir valley have been living in an environment airing more of questions on the intentions of India . And no doubt it did bring Congress party to some strength worth negotiation for power. And in 2002 hungry for power Congress handed over the leadership of J&K Government to PDP who was having lesser MLAs in Assembly than Congress. And after 2002 till today PDP has got enough opportunities and grounds to preach secession like ideologies .
It was a day before 26 October ( date on which Hari Singh Maharaja of J&K had signed the Instrument of Accession with India in 1947) 2008 ( year of elections to J&K Assembly) that Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti held a press conference at Srinagar and released SELF RULE concept document. Any person with a little of rational thinking would have gauged the intentions of PDP.
The Document very very clearly but indirectly questioned the genuineness of Accession 1947. PDP's SELF RULE document (i) calls the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ( PoK) as Pakistan Administered Kashmir ( PaK ), (ii ) Self Rule Document suggests that J&K issue cannot be resolved on the basis of exclusively intra-state level initiatives. It requires a combination of intra-state measures with inter-state and supra-state measures (iii) this will require devising an improved constitutional, political and economic relationship between the two parts of the State and their respective main lands ( India & Pakistan), (iv) Stage II would be to make Greater Jammu and Kashmir a regional free trade area, with no tariffs or barriers between with GJAK, while maintaining their own external tariff on imports from the rest of the world, including India and Pakistan. GJAK will set a common external tariff on imports from India and Pakistan. (v): a new system of "Dual Currency" will be created, where the Indian and Pakistani rupees are both made legitimate legal tenders in the geographical areas of GJAK, (vi) GJAK is being proposed as a regional organisation to facilitate political cooperation as well as promote cooperation between India and Pakistan, and regaining Kashmir's place at the heart of Central Asia., (vii) at para-54 it says in our opinion the most practicable and least complicate way out is that " The elected representatives of each part ( J&K and Pak) of the State would then hold negotiations with their respective country for a resolution framework within the given parameters ", (viii) at para 58 it says Self-rule refers to autonomy from the nation-state of India, whereas autonomy connotes relative autonomy from the Government of India., (ix) at para 59 it says Autonomy refers to empowerment of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir vis-a-vis the Government of India. As such it becomes a part of the centre-state debate in the Indian federal set up. Self-rule on the other hand refers to the empowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, vis-a-vis the nation of India. , (x) at para 77 it says that The Regional Council of Greater Jammu and Kashmir will have 50 members. The respective state assemblies of J&K and Pakistan Administered Kashmir shall elect 40 members. The remaining 10 members will be nominated, five each, by the Governments of India and Pakistan.
The 10 reference points mentioned in the fore going para surely could be implemented only after accepting that J&K acceding to India in 1947 was not legitimate.
So, the Mufti's Self Rule (i) treats POK as no part of India, (ii) wants Pakistan to control some issues regarding two parts of J&K along with India , (iii) distances Self Rule from NC Autonomy professing that Self-rule refers to autonomy from the Nation-state of India, whereas Autonomy connotes relative autonomy from the Government of India. Surely PDP Self Rule rests on distancing from trueness of 1947 Accession and does not accept Kashmiries as Indian nationals. . Mufti Sahib may correct me in case the inferences drawn are wrong.
Is PDP still a main stream party, could be a big question. ? From India's point of view Is not PDP professing separatist ideologies like Geelanies / Omar Farooq / Shabir Shah's ? Congress had shared power with PDP for 6 years, UPA-2 still treats PDP as main stream party, under these circumstances the people of J&K have all the reasons to get carried by the propaganda of the separatists. In case Delhi does not have any problem with PDP's approach , why should people of Kashmir/ J&K take it otherwise , one may ask ?
Author is social activist:: leading scribe on Kashmir affairs dayasagr 45 @yahoo. com 9419796096 |
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