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| Omar "doesn't want to be controversial" | | Pak Agent Fai's Arrest | | Rustam
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 23: J&K CM Omar Abdullah "doesn't want to be controversial." He said so on Thursday while talking to reporters at Quimu in district Kulgam after addressing the party rally. He made this statement in response to a question on the arrest of the director of Kashmir American council (KAC), Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in United States of America (USA). "No comments as I do not want to get dragged into any controversy," was the Omar's one line response.
The CM's response was intriguing. He should have expressed his well-considered views on the issue of great national and international import to make his position clear. His response had become all the more imperative as the July 20 revelation about Pakistan and the US-based Kashmiri Fai's deep connection was significant for at least three main reasons. One was that Pakistan and Fai had hatched a conspiracy against India with a view to influencing the American policy towards Jammu and Kashmir. The other was the concerted move of Pakistan and Fai to create an environment that would help them dismember India. The third reason was the ability of Pakistan and Fai to rope in Indians (read mercenaries, anti-Indians and secular fundamentalists), including well-known journalists and commentators, academics, doctors, engineers, legal luminaries and so on and use them for painting the Indian state oppressive and black, further the Pakistani cause in the Indian Jammu and Kashmir and give legitimacy to the cult of gun and politics of communalism and separatism.
A comprehensive response from the CM had also become imperative as the revelation had outraged the entire nation. But he chose not to speak on the subject. If his refusal to make a comprehensive comment on the Fai's arrest was intriguing, his statement that "he doesn't want to be controversial" was not just intriguing but also dumb-founding. Why because at the same place only a few minutes before the Chief Minister had made several controversial and provocative statements on the army, on the presence of the army in the state and on the anti-terror laws.
Omar Abdullah had reportedly said: "The National Conference (NC)-led government has started the process of demilitarisation from Srinagar." He had said: "He will get all the draconian laws revoked from the state during his tenure." He had said: "I still have more than three years in power and I assure you that I will revoke all draconian laws, including the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)…during my tenure." He had said: "he will also demilitarise the state in next three years." He had also said: "We have already started the process of demilitarization from Srinagar which was turned into a city of bunkers during the PDP rule."
Was what he said at the NC rally not controversial? Obviously, according to Omar Abdullah, what he said about the army and anti-terror laws was not controversial. His concept of controversy is different. The concept means you can speak against the army, against the anti-terror laws, against the accession, and even against India because this approach is considered non-controversial in Kashmir, as also because this approach is consistent with the line the separatists have been pursuing since decades. Such an approach doesn't permit the likes of Omar Abdullah to speak against Fai because that is inconsistent with the lines the likes of Geelani have been pursuing. These are comments of extreme nature but there is no other alternative but to make such comments. |
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