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| Jammu being taught things Jammu famous for | | Reorganization Imminent | | Neha
EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, July 15: The very vague assertion of Padgaonkar that there was the need for a system of "power-sharing between regions and sub regions" was also intriguing. One would have appreciated the interlocutor, had he suggested a definite mechanism designed to end discrimination between the regions and ensure equal participation of all the three regions in the governance of the state, but he didn't do that. Instead, he played mischief by saying that the power-sharing system should also include sub-regions. Which sub-regions he talked about? Did he talk about the Muslim-majority areas in the erstwhile Doda district and Poonch and Rajouri districts? Did he suggest that Jammu province be divided in the manner Sir Owen Dixon wanted in the early 1950s so that the Kashmiri leadership is able to establish Greater Kashmir comprising Kashmir and the Muslim-majority areas of Jammu province? Dixon wanted division of Jammu province on communal lines. He was of the view that such a division could lead to the resolution of the Kashmir "problem." Former Chief Information Commissioner and presently chairman of the Minorities' Commission Wajahat Habibullah had also advocated some such solution.
There exist no sub-regions in Jammu province. There are three regions in the state - Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. These are historical regions. It's, however true that several areas in the erstwhile Doda district and Poonch and Rajouri districts have not received the kind of attention these areas should have received from the authorities. But there are areas and areas in other districts of Jammu province as well which are equally backward and underdeveloped. They are backward and underdeveloped because of the indifferent attitude of the Kashmiri-dominated and Valley-centric state government. It is the state government and the people's representatives who are squarely responsible for the neglect of what the interlocutors call sub-regions. It's not the Hindus of the Jammu province or the people of Jammu city who are responsible for the neglect and underdeveloped areas in Jammu province. They themselves are at the receiving end.
It would not be out of place to mention here that there are 22 districts in the state and an equal number of development boards. Each development board is consisted of the MP and legislators representing that district and the concerned officials of the district, including Deputy Commissioner, with the designated minister as its chairman. It is these boards that take all decisions on the developmental needs of the districts. It is on the basis of the recommendations made by each development board that funds are allotted and developmental schemes approved. Those who hold the people of Jammu province (read Hindus) responsible for the neglect of the particular areas of Jammu province only misinterpret things for furthering their nefarious designs. They belong to that school of that seeks separation of the state from India and integration of the Jammu province's Muslim-majority areas into Kashmir and weaken the empower-Jammu province-movement. There should be no doubt about it.
The only valid point that was made by Dileep Padgaonkar was his admission that the "aspirations of different regions and different sets of people differed." But while candidly acknowledging the fact that the aspirations of different people inhabiting different regions are different, he negated everything when he asserted "there was a consensus among majority of people against trifurcation or bifurcation of the State." It was not a consensus. What emerged out of the conference was nothing but what the interlocutors, at the behest of vested interests in Kashmir, Jammu and New Delhi, wanted in order to demonstrate their identification with what the people of Jammu call the "canny, unscrupulous and rabidly anti-Jammu Kashmiri leadership." The interlocutors manipulated things in a fashion that enabled them to say what they said a day after the conclusion of the roundtable conference.
The interlocutors may say anything; they may make any type of assertion. But the fact remains that the state cannot be kept intact any longer. The state is destined to disintegrate and it will disintegrate, come what may. Hence, it would be prudent on the part the interlocutors to endorse the suggestions of the parties like the Bahujan Aamaj Party (BSP), the Panthers Party (JKNPP), the Jammu State Morcha (JSM) and delegates from Leh and recommend trifurcation/reorganization of the state. This is the only solution available for meeting the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Ladakh and for tackling the issues in Kashmir. (Concluded) |
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