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| 'Secular' party advocates a communal solution | | CPI-M and Kashmir solution | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 26: Not content with what the so-called secular CPI-M has been doing in Kashmir and other parts of India since years to help Kashmiri communalists and separatists achieve what they want to, it has sought to extend its tentacles to Jammu to create here a Kashmir-like situation. The speeches the CPI-M leaders, including general secretary Prakash Karat and state secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, made during the two-day (Mar 24 & 25) 9th state conference of CPI-M in Jammu clearly suggested that this so-called secular party stands for a communal solution to the so-called Kashmir problem. The speeches they made clearly suggested that there was no fundamental difference between the stand of the CPI-M on Jammu and Kashmir and the stand of the Kashmir-based and Kashmir-centric parties like the NC, which stand for the state's semi-independence on the ground that Kashmir is Muslim-majority region.
What did the CPI-M leaders said and suggested on March 24 and 25? On March 24, Karat was less vocal as far as his speech on Jammu and Kashmir was concerned. He simply accused New Delhi of not tackling the Kashmir issue politically and suggested that it was time for the Government of India to take confidence building measures in order to satisfy the people of Kashmir. "There are many measures that have to be taken now as militancy and violence has come down to instill confidence in the people of the state (read Kashmir)," he said and suggested that the people of J&K should "not be divided on communal lines". It was Tarigami who spoke in detail and demanded "permanent settlement" of Kashmir issue. He advocated the need for a comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan and for a mechanism that bars India from tinkering with the "permanent settlement" or "new constitutional settlement" he talked about.
It was on Sunday that Karat spoke extensively on Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at the inaugural session of the party delegates in the state conference, he, inter-alia, said, "regarding Jammu and Kashmir our party is for restoration of maximum autonomy based on special status and regional autonomies to three regions of the state…The CPI (M) has published a special document in the shape of a resolution in November, 2010, urging the GOI to take concrete measures for achieving long-lasting settlement of Kashmir issue, which has consumed thousands of human lives and continues to threaten peace in the sub-continent. Security forces should be made accountable and AFSAPA be revoked as a result of changed security scenario in the state". As for Tarigami, he reportedly informed the delegates that the "party will launch a strong campaign along with other democratic forces for peaceful resolution of Kashmir problem".
What Karat said was self-explanatory and it was clear from what he said that the CPI-M stands for a solution that is outside the political and constitutional organisation of India. To be more precise, he said that Jammu and Kashmir be made a republic within a republic in order to satisfy the communal urges of the Kashmiri Muslim leadership. In other words, he suggested that the Kashmiri Muslims are a race apart or are a distinct nation that needs to be treated differently. There was nothing new in what he said. For, he belongs to a school of thought that considers India as a congregation of several nations with each nation having the right to self-determination.
However, Karat did try to hoodwink and mislead the people of Jammu and Ladakh saying the CPI-M also vouches for regional autonomy. Who did he try to fool? The people of Jammu province and the trans-Himalayan Ladakh are not fool. They know the meaning of regional autonomy within the state enjoying "maximum autonomy". They know the autonomous state would mean power of veto to Kashmir and slavery of Jammu and Ladakh.
It is clear that Karat and his associates want to impose a communal solution on Jammu and Ladakh and this is utterly unacceptable. Jammu and Ladakh have not given power of attorney to anyone. They will determine their political future themselves and that, too, within India and Indian political system, whatever it is. No one can, not even New Delhi, can take Jammu and Ladakh for granted. They were important factors in the state's political solution in the past, they are important factors today and they shall remain important factors in future as well. They have to be recognised and reckoned with whatever one may think of them. |
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