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Kamal again provokes Congress, says accession temporary | Politics Of Deceit & Falsehood | | Rustam JAMMU, Nov 2: The October 31 statement of NC additional general secretary and chief spokesperson Sheikh Mustafa Kamal that the Congress should set its house in order as the factional fight within the Congress party was adversely impacting the governance of the state had created an impression that his attitude as well as the attitude of the NC towards their coalition partner had perhaps changed. It was a wrong impression. He was not committed to what he had said, notwithstanding the fact that what he said was nothing but a naked and unwanted interference in the internal matters of the Congress party. As expected, the Congress reacted very sharply and warned Kamal not to poke his dirty nose in the Congress matters. As mentioned, Kamal was not committed to what he said at Kulgam. That he was anti-Congress and anti-New Delhi in the past and that he continues to spew venom on the Congress and New Delhi even today became evident yesterday when he addressed the party workers at Gandarbal, the Abdullah family's pocket borrow. He condemned the JKPCC chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz for what he termed as his senseless opposition to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's move on the AFSPA overlooking the fact, perhaps deliberately, that his provocative statement would further embitter the already rather bitter relations between the coalition partners. Paradoxically, he also took on PHE minister Taj Mhi-ud-Din, a staunch supporter of Omar Abdullah and someone who took cudgels with the JKPCC on behalf of the embattled and cornered chief minister. And, he denounced Taj for the reason that the latter had gone back on his earlier stand on the AFSPA and stated that the time was not ripe for the revocation of the ARSPA even from certain selected districts. So intolerant and provocative is Kamal. That he has virtually gone astray could be seen from his statement that "trouble in Congress is bound to affect our government". It is not the NC government; it is the NC-Congress coalition government. The Congress is not subservient to the NC. The Congress has its own political compulsions as it is, unlike the sectarian and regional NC, an all-India party. There is no doubt that the Kamal's renewed attack on the Congress would evoke a rather sharp response from the Congress, which, undoubtedly, feels stung by the Kamal's taunts. There is also no doubt whatever that the Kamal's latest attack on the Congress in general and JKPCC president Prof Soz in particular would make things far more difficult for Omar Abdullah. Or, should it be presumed that Kamal, Omar and Farooq Abdullah, NC president and union minister, are working as per a strategy evolved with a view to creating a situation that would result in the fall of the government on the issues of the AFSPA and demilitarization - a development that, they feel, would help them win over the communal constituency in Kashmir and weaken their main political rival in the Valley, the PDP. Things would become clear sooner than later and one must wait for that day. But one thing is very clear: The NC cannot win over the Kashmir constituency. The PDP would gain and there should be no doubt it. The writing on the wall is clear. Kamal not just aired patently anti-Congress and anti-Soz views at Gandarbal. He also spewed venom on New Delhi. He said: "Soz and Taj are enacting a pre-planned drama to sabotage the revocation of the AFSPA. New Delhi has always been dividing people of the state. To muzzle the voice of Sheikh (Mohammad Abdullah) Sahib New Delhi used all tactics. But they failed as Sheikh Sahib refused to bow before them. He was offered chair of the President of India to make the temporary accession of J&K with India final, but the great NC leader refused it". He further said: "New Delhi even created a wedge in Abdullah family to achieve its 'petty political interests.' The accession of J&K with India is temporary…" He, in addition, accused New Delhi of extending its jurisdiction over the state in matters not covered under the treaty and added that New Delhi's jurisdiction over the state had been limited by the treaty to just three subjects, defence, foreign affairs and communication. Which treaty Kamal talked about? There was no treaty. The Maharaja of the state, who alone had the power to take decision on the state's political future, signed the Instrument of Accession with India and he did it like all other 560-odd princes did as per the Indian Independence Act of 1947. Accepted for the sake of argument that a treaty had been signed between Maharaja Hari Singh and New Delhi, but, then, the man who signed the treaty is no more and, hence, Kamal and the likes of Kamal, including Geelanis of all varieties, have no right to speak on behalf of Maharaja Hari Singh. Kamal had made a mockery of himself and the party he represents by saying that the accession was temporary. It was not temporary; it was unconditional, permanent and non-negotiable. If Kamal feels that his falsehood would carry any conviction with New Delhi and the people of the state, barring those few who are still with the NC for personal reasons, then he is living in a fool's paradise. Nobody is going to buy his spurious arguments. The state was, is and shall remain an integral part of India and that's the stark reality. |
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