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| Kamaal doesn't know what he says | | 1975 Accord -- II | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 25: Kamaal Mustafa, like many others in the NC, consistently say that the erosion of autonomy began after the "unfortunate and un-constitutional" dismissal and arrest of Sheikh Abdullah, along with his associates in 1953, and it continued apace there after till the year 1975.
It's true that the nation between 1953 and 1975 witnessed an appreciable process leading up to closer Constitutional and political integration between the State and New Delhi, with the State being brought under the purview of hundreds of Central laws and institutions. But it's also true that the process was smooth and voluntary. There was no bitterness and animosity. There was no rancour between New Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. The Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Government worked in perfect unison for the betterment of the people of the State. But more than that, everything was done in Jammu and Kashmir on the demand of or with the concurrence of the State Government.
And, what about those 18-odd Central laws, including POTA, which were introduced in the State between February 1975 and January 1990, when the State was ruled by Sheikh Abdullah, his son-in-law GM Shah and his son Farooq Abdullah, all the so-called votaries of greater autonomy. And, what about the DD Thakur report that Sheikh Abdullah accepted in full. Thakur had said in his report: "Needles of the clock cannot be turned back; the Central laws had only benefited the State and its people." And, what about the report of GM Shah and Ghulam Nabi Kochak that Sheikh Abdullah rejected outright. The report had recommended wholesale withdrawal of the Central laws and institutions from the State and recommended restoration of the 1953 politico-constitutional status/ semi-independence for the State.
Can Kamaal, or for that matter any other NC leader, refer to a single Central law that was extended to the State without the concurrence of the State Government? He cannot because New Delhi has never brought the State under any Central law without the concurrence of the State Government.
It is pertinent to mention here that the NC had brought out a 180-page report on autonomy in April 1999 but did not refer to those Central laws which were extended to the State between 1975 and 1990. Nor did the report refer to the 1975 accord under which Sheikh Abdullah had become Chief Minister. These were not lapses. These were deliberate omissions. Had the NC referred to these two things in its report, which was rejected outrightly by the BJP-led NDA Government, it would not have been able to rake up the issue of autonomy.
Kamaal and others of his ilk would do well to look all these facts in the face and stop distorting facts and misleading people. The people of Jammu and Kashmir are not fool. They know each and everything and, hence, it can be said that any attempt on the part of Kamaal or any other NC leader to hide what it did to recapture power in 1975 would only boomerang and help the PDP capture the political space in Kashmir the NC at the moment occupies. The NC leaders are only fooling themselves by preaching falsehood. (Concluded) |
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