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| Separatists want Delhi to address psycho-political aspirations of people of Jammu Kashmir | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Despite having been sidelined by New Delhi since 2006 the Kashmiri separatists are not prepared to accept that they have become irrelevant to the political intricacies attached to the Kashmir issue.
"Yes, the ongoing Indo-Pak dialogue is all right but these bilat eral talks will not be able to settle the Kashmir issue,"says Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat,a senior APHC leader.He says,in reply to a qestion,"kashmir issue is not insoluble and the ultimate and durable settlement of the dispute will be in sight only if Islamabad and New Delhi take people in Jammu and Kashmir into confidence."
"If the Government claims that there is marked improvement in the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir it should not be construed as a sign of surrender on our part.We may be calm but we continue to be nursing anger against Government repression,"Bhat and his associates in the separatist amalgam say.
He adds "India has to address the psycho-political aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir which can be done if the two sides lay emphasis on triangular and not bilateral talks."
About the ongoing Indo-Pak talks Bhat said that "these bilat eral parleys are necessary for reducing trust deficit between the two sides but the quantum of deficit can be totally diluted once India "initiates measures for resolving the Kashmir issue."To him "even the success of India-Pakistan talks ultimately will rest on the resolution of the Kashmir issue and in the absence of any settlement the bilateral talks may simply be a cosmetic exercise on preventing India and Pakistan from embarking on war."
In reply to a question regarding Syed Ali Shah Geelani's call for boycott of ensuing civic elections Prof. Bhat says"one must understand that holding electons,whether for the Assembly or for the Lok Sabha constituencies or for the Panchayats or civic bodies can never be a substitute for the UN resolution on Kashmir which provides for grant of right of self-determination to the people of the undivided states."
When reminded that more than 50 per cent people voted during the Assembly elections in the state in 2002 and 2008 Bhat remarks "these elections were not a refrendum on Kashmir issue but were simply an exercise on finding a solution to the day to day problems of people."He added "people voted for good road connectivity,better irrigation and drinking water facilities,improved job avenues and uninterrupted supply of electricity and other allied issues."
"Had elections been the substitute for plebiscite the Kashmir issues would have been settled in 1951 when the first Assembly election was held in Jammu and Kashmir,"claims Bhat.
Whatever Bhat has to say on the Kashmir issue and Indo-Pak talks one thing that strikes a visitor to Kashmir is the rise of a situation in which the separatists have been forced to either lie low or be on the sidelines waiting for some opportunity that can help them to rise from the ashes. |
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