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| Interlocutors' emphasis on dual status quite intriguing | | Jammu & Kashmir | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 31: Go through the 171-page New Delhi-appointed interlocutors' report on Jammu & Kashmir and you will find that the interlocutors have emphasised again and again the need to respect and preserve the "dual status" of the state: Part of India and a state that enjoys special status in the Union. You will also find that while the interlocutors have repeatedly questioned the application of various central laws to the state saying the application of such laws eroded the special status of the state and alienated the Kashmiri Muslims from India, they have repeatedly emphsised that the people of the state (read Kashmiri Muslims) must exercise full rights all over the country.
The interlocutors are right when they suggest that the people of Kashmir must exercise all rights all over India. They are like all other Indians and there should be no discrimination between them and other Indians anywhere in the country. It is, however, strange, rather outrageous, that the interlocutors have nowhere suggested that the other Indians should also exercise similar rights in Jammu & Kashmir. Remember, the interlocutors have talked of two citizenships as far as the people of Jammu & Kashmir are concerned. They have said in their report that people of Jammu & Kashmir are citizens of the state and they are Indian citizens as well. They have in a way said that the people of the state have two nationalities; they are nationals of the state and they are Indian nationals. How could it happen? The Indians, without any exception, have one nationality and that is the Indian nationality. There should be no doubt about it and those who think otherwise are the ones who believe that the people of Kashmir are a race apart and that Jammu & Kashmir is not integral to India in the sense other states of the Union. |
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