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| Farooq purposes, Chidambaram acts fast | | Banana Republic? | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 1: Is India a banana republic? Has the Congress decided to exclude Jammu and Kashmir from the political and constitutional organisation of India? Is the Indian State safe in the hands of the Congress-led UPA Government? Should Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, whose position has become untenable because of his alleged involvement in the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam, be allowed to handle Jammu and Kashmir? The answer is both yes and no.
Yes because the Congress has converted the Indian State into a banana republic, as also because the Congress seems to have decided to drive Jammu and Kashmir away from the political and constitutional organisation of India to pander to fanatics and secessionists and appease a particular social group in the rest of India in order to get its votes. No because the Indian State is not safe in the hands of the Congress, as also because Chidambaram just cannot be allowed to handle Jammu and Kashmir because he is blissfully ignorant about the state's history and social composition of the ongoing secessionist movement in the state, two very crucial aspects . These are strong observations but these are based on the political conduct of Congress and the Union Home Minister.
Developments as they have started unfolding since December last, and even earlier, clearly suggest that the Congress is all out to divide the Indian society on caste and communal lines and negate the very Constitution of India. Just look at the manifesto the Congress released yesterday at ten places in UP and see for yourself what the Congress is up to. The Congress's manifesto, among several other controversial things, promised representation to the Muslim community in government jobs and educational institutions in proportion to their total population, something that the Muslim League advocated in the country during the Indian freedom struggle. It was the religion-based reservation that had led to the division of India in 1947 and the rest is history.
As for P Chidambaram, he appears desperate to please the votaries of greater autonomy. He, like Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, holds the view that the state has only acceded to India and not merged with it. He made statement to this effect on October 8, 2010 to defend Omar Abdullah's October 7, 2010 stand on Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah had made the controversial statement on the floor of the assembly with the Congress ministers and legislators not questioning the Chief Minister. He, like the NC leaders and others of their ilk in Kashmir, also holds the view that New Delhi has not honoured the commitments it made from time to time with the Kashmiris.
That Chidambaram is quite amenable could be seen from his yesterday's New Delhi statement that the Government of India will make public the report of interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir after the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is fully briefed about it. "The moment CCS is briefed, the report will be made public," Chidambaram said answering media queries.
It was only three days ago (December 29) that the NC president and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy said in Jammu that he would urge the Union Home Minister to organise discussion on the interlocutors' report so that the same could be implemented. Farooq Abdullah had described this report as a valuable document. It is not known whether Farooq Abdullah met Chidambaram after December 29, but it appears that what the NC president said had its positive impact on the Home Minister who took no time to announce that the interlocutors' report would be made public after "fuller discussion in the CCS". In other words, the Union Home Minister is entirely in accord with Farooq Abdullah. Hence, it can be safely said Farooq proposes, Chidambaram endorses and acts. It's a horrible and frightening scenario by any yardstick. |
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