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| Ending discrimination with Jammu | | KASHMIRI HEGEMONY | | Neha
Jammu, Oct 8: It is now almost clear that the Jammu's established political leadership has abandoned the people of this marginalized and grossly ignored province for reason not difficult to fathom. One of the fundamental reasons is its insatiable lust for crumbs, which it gets after flirting with Kashmiri leadership and dancing to its anti-Jammu tunes. How else should one interpret the utter failure of the Jammu leadership to up their ante against the Congress-led UPA Government, which inaugurated Rs 1000-crore training-cum-placement package a few days ago for the Kashmiri youth with a view to holding them aloof from the separatist politics. It is obvious that the Congress-led government in New Delhi inaugurated this programme at the behest of Kashmiri leadership, which is --- apart from thinking in terms of weakening the politico-constitutional ties between the state and New Delhi -- not only committed to its own cause but also to the cause of the already privileged Kashmiri youth who are fortunate to occupy over 70 per cent of the official positions in the state.
That the leadership of the Jammu province belonging to the Congress, the BJP, the Panthers Party, the NC and the PDP, has abandoned the hapless Dogras could be seen from the fact that while the Congress, the NC and the PDP have thought it prudent to keep its mouth shut and not utter a single word on the shabby treatment meted out to the Jammu youth by the Congress-led UPA Government, the BJP and the Panthers Party have issued a couple of statements on the issue that have only angered the Dogras. That the Congress, the NC and the PDP would not identify themselves with the Dogras because they are essentially Kashmir-centric parties was a forgone conclusion. The Jammu-based leadership of these parties is mortally afraid of their respective high commands which hate to hear anything that has something to do with the oppressed, suppressed and discriminated against Dogras. It doesn't consider the Dogras worthy of any package or any share in any package.
However, what is all the more disturbing is the negative attitude of the BJP and the Panthers Party towards the miserable plight of the people of this province, who have been suffering from worst kind of discrimination since October 1947 when the state acceded to the Indian Dominion and when Jawaharlal Nehru shifted the centre of gravity from Jammu to Srinagar or when he conspired against Jammu province and transferred political power from Jammu to Sheikh Abdullah of the NC - Sheikh Abdullah who was known for his rabidly anti-Dogra views. The attitude of these two parties is disturbing all the more because the BJP and the Panthers Party used to consistently declare that they would not tolerate any injustice with Jammu province and its hapless people.
What should the grossly ignored people of Jammu do to obtain what they legitimately deserve as part and parcel of the Indian society considering the fact that their leadership would not do anything whatever to defend and promote further their genuine cause? They should, according to the concerned people, "do what they did in 1998, when they created a situation in the province that left the Farooq Abdullah Government with no other option but to establish Mata Vaishno Devi University and Agricultural University at Katra and RS Pura, respectively". "They should", according to them, "create a situation similar to the one they created in 2008 that forced the authorities to retransfer the Baltal land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board for the use of Amarnath Yatris" and "they should do what they did last year and in the beginning of 2011, when the Union Government was forced to reject the candidature of Amitabh Mattoo for the post of the Jammu Central University's Vice-Chancellor". According to them "they should do what they did this year that left the Union Government with no other option but to appoint a Dogra as the first Vice-Chancellor of the Central University". (It is a different story that the Union Government did not appoint a Dogra academician as the Vice-Chancellor. The demand of the Dogras was for an academic Vice-Chancellor and there are brilliant academicians available in Jammu province.)
In other words, the people of Jammu province have to fend for themselves. They have, according to the concerned citizens, to "create a situation that forces the Union Government and the State Government to include the Jammu youth in the training-cum-placement package and compensate them taking into consideration the fact that their share in the service sector is just negligible". Significantly, however, they opine that "this would not end discrimination on a permanent basis". "If they wish that discrimination with them should end for all the times to come, they have no other option but to work for the state's reorganization. The state's reorganization would empower them to exercise legislative powers and once they get the power to legislate, they would become masters in their own house," they opine.
Indeed, there are forces in the Jammu province who understand all this, but their problem is that they are just paper tigers. They cannot help the people of Jammu province to surmount the problems they have been facing since 1947. The people of the province will have to take the leadership in their own hands. They can do wonders as they did it in 1998, 2008, 2010 and 2011. |
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