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| Realizing Sher-e-Kashmir’s dream | | By arresting minors and giving doles to unemployed? | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: “Sher-e-Kashmir was personification of People’s aspirations”. Thus spake the Chief Minister on the 106 birth anniversary of his grandfather through a paid advertisement in local dailies. Nobody can deny this. The people especially in the Valley loved Sher-e-Kashmir for `wrong or right reasons’. However, after twelve years of his death, the same people rose against National Conference and burnt his effigies. In twelve years they started hating Sher-e-Kashmir for `right or wrong’ reasons. Nobody can deny this either.
Today when the state is ruled by third generation Abdullahs, the National Conference has lost his sheen. Nobody’s heart today beats for Sher-e-Kashmir or his National Conference especially in the Valley. The erosion NC has suffered after Sher-e-Kashmir’s death can be gauged from the fact that it conceded scores of assembly seats to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2008 elections.
What went wrong? The reasons are many, believe the people. Omar also talked about Naya Kashmir. He said: “we will realize Sher-e-Kashmir’s dream of Naya Kashmir”. The Naya Kashmir document is the comprehensive document that has been put forth till date. The original document talked of tolerance, Hindu Muslim amity, and equitable development of all the regions of the state. It also guaranteed right to employment and women empowerment. And last but not the least it guaranteed right to life and liberty of all the citizens irrespective of their religious and political affiliations.
The historic document was amended by Balraj Puri in 1975 at Sher-e-Kashmir’s behest. The results are obvious. Instead of upholding right to liberty laws like Public Safety Act (PSA), POTA, AFSPA, and Disturbed Area Act were either framed or extended to the state. Through massive use and misuse of these laws, the authorities have been taking minors into preventive custody.
Last year, the government announced a employment package. The so-called employment policy hits hard at the honour and dignity of the unemployed. Had the policy makers consulted the Naya Kashmir document they should have refrained from giving doles to the unemployed.
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