A Free Kashmir: Random Thoughts-56

Is Kashmir Changing?-I

The only lesson to be drawn from the Jammu Kashmir (JK) poll is that a trained terror military can conduct polls any where in the world with the support of the regime, including the so-called democratic. Then the "elected" regime does exactly what it wants or what is assigned to it. What the new CM in JK would do with regard to Kashmir sovereignty issue is a matter of just speculation, because NC follows dual policy with India.

As for ideology, Omar, by saying that he would accept any solution better than autonomy, has creatively reached out to separatist circles. And, by re-branding the proposal as "˜autonomy-plus' he has actually walked into the realm of Kashmir's neo-separatist politics, more loudly championed by Muftis.  Both these postures are well within the discourse Mufti has floated amidst Pakistan's soft policy on Kashmir but Omar seems intent on something big. He wants to be remembered as the one who included the discourse of justice in the mainstream politics by pleading for a Truth and Reconciliatory Commission (TRC) in Kashmir, thus widening his constituency far beyond Muftis and separatists. Will Omar Abdullah find it easy to go beyond Mufti's posturing and press for setting up of TRC? How will he tackle pressures from New Delhi? One has to see how Omar moves about this agenda, which may include reviewing PSA cases, advocating compensation for losses to thousands of house owners who lost their property in disproportionate use of force during encounters, curbing armed forces and their allied agencies.

Senior freedom leader Syed Geelani said about the recent poll: "Elections are used to strengthen the Indian foothold in Kashmir and people have to understand that no development will work till the ultimate resolution of Kashmir dispute," the members in the meeting said. Geelani pressed Omar to keep his poll promises made to Kashmiri and advance the genuine interests of Kashmiris while taking various development related steps.

Terrorism has become a convenient instrument of policy for all 'democracies" around the world. None hesitate to invoke "˜utilizing' terrorism as state policy. Because, they consider the terror plank fairly beneficial to advance their narrow national interests by reducing the Muslim population through holocausts. India is doing its part in slashing the population of Kashmiri Muslims and making USA a strategic partner in this respect. .  

Global media, essentially anti-Islamic, propagating the US-led terror wars and fascist Israeli aggressions are controlled by the anti-Islamic world and are churn out "journalistic" stuff  igniting the non-Muslims and Muslims alike to strangle Muslims in the vicinity. And exactly that is happening now. Palestinians are eng butchered day in and day out; Kashmiris still do not know  where the thousands of Kashmir Muslims have disappeared and how the secret graveyards have come about in Kashmir?

Of all political bigwigs former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seems to be the big loser in the assembly elections that concluded at the fag end of 2008. His "magic wand" failed this time in Jammu and Kashmir and he is struggling hard to find a "suitable" place in Delhi. According to sources this is the reason why he refused to lead the Congress Legislature Party in the assembly. Azad who took over the reins of power in 2005 faced an unceremonious exit in July 2008 after the transfer of State's forest land to the controversial Amarnath shrine board.

Now that NC and PDP the so-called Kashmir political outfits have declined to come together to form a government to face the issues of the Kashmiri people including the most crucial freedom issue which India keeps avoiding by engineering all sorts of tricks and machinations. NC preferred Indian pro-Hindu party and responsible for the every thing is bad with Indian Muslims, including the destruction of grand Babri Mosque, on one of stories narrated to Indian forefathers by the British rulers. Now another story about Amarnath is being given focus by Kashmir Muslim parties. Is it  not shameful? Some one would certainly ask.. Many Muslim groups have pressed the Omar government to concentrate on issue of re-Independence for Jammu  Kashmir. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Azad Jammu & Kashmir asked the new JK administration to fulfill its responsibility regarding the restoration of AJK as base camp for independence movement of JK, elimination of corruption, nepotism and establishment of good governance and warned failure to honor the pledges would only means the end of the present government would also be like of the previous government.

USA, now the renowned global terrorist nation, America has reinvented its interest in Kashmir via Afghanistan; it has almost finalized Clinton's appointment as special envoy for the disputed region. India is all worried about the American moves around and in India. As the power levers are being moved from New Delhi, the Omar government has assumed office mercifully offered to him in stead of troubling him to form a government if he had an alliance with PDP. The freedom leaders Syed Ali Geelani and  Mirwaiz Umar, have complimented the Omar's rise to power  for and for being the youngest ever CM and asked him to "deliver on promises".

When the new Pakistani president Zardari announced a shift in Pakistan's policy toward Kashmir leaving the issue for the future leaders to pursue and then calling people in Jammu Kashmir short of terrorists, notwithstanding the truth that Kashmir freedom has been the one of the major foreign policy priorities of Pakistan since 1947 and over which they fought wars and almost about to go into wars on many occasions., freedom leaders should decode on important point in their favor. Freedom struggle is a 100 percent Kashmiris issue and they should plan and execute strategies to regain their lost sovereignty and glory. That Kashmiris should not hide behind Pakistan for its freedom as Pakistan has its own bundles of problems, self-created and those created by global democracies like India and USA.  To make it more precise to the Kashmiris, they should not depend wholly and solely on Pakistan's ability and capability to make India to surrender sovereignty back to the Kashmiris. Because India always tries to find some terror excuses to postpone the issue for ever and meanwhile make more and more Kashmiris pro-India and anti-Kashmiris and kill more and more Kashmiris with their help. Not only in Jammu Kashmir and India, most part of the world now has Kashmiris, guided by Indian agencies, working against re-independence. That is core India policy towards Kashmir since 1947. Now with other democracies like US-led terror forces occupy Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, another fascist democracy Israel is busy killing the innocent Palestinians in Palestine without any obstructions from any quarter whatsoever. This is democracy of anti-Islamic world of which India is just one and it kills Kashmiris knowing too well none would ever bother to intervene right in Kashmir to kick the its terror forces aided by fascist elements.

Still deadly focused on its Hindutva agenda in Kashmir to showcase the unfailing power of Hindus in  the valley, Governor N N Vohra last week reconstituted the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board by appointing six new members. The fierce gun-battle between militants and army in Poonch entered its eighth day today and around 1,500 troops have been deployed in the operation to kill the freedom fighters.

India has once again made its terror task easier by placing a trained anti-freedom leader with a lot "background" in Jammu Kashmir along with Hindu protector from Jammu region as his reliable deputy. After being briefed by New Delhi guys about his future agenda in Sri Nagar, Omar has already warned about terror use if the freedom youth don't give up freedom agitation and join the so-called "mainstream".  

In India Muslims are not allowed to enter the mainstream, but in Kashmir India preaches the innocent Kashmiris to enter the same "main stream". But Omar has to explain what his mainstream concept is all about.  Does he mean the freedom fighters should wind up their forums and enter one of pro-Indian political outfits?  

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Yours Sincerely,

DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal

Columnist & Independent Researcher in World Affairs, The only Indian to have gone through entire India

South Asia.