Author: Lily K. Kaul
Publication:
Date: August 18, 2008
Will Bholenath unite Hindus to uphold Indian
Integrity?
"J&K on the edge". "Jammu
on the boil". " Paradise is burning". "Who can stop this
mayhem ?". "Separatists on the rise in the valley". "Situation
back to 1989"
. . These are some of the responses of the visual
media that tried to analyze the reasons that led to the agitation in Jammu
and Kashmir region of the J&K state.
The visual media - in all their ignorance-
swore by the `Kashmeriat' and the `secular model' of Kashmir (read Muslims);
Kashmir was described as an epitome of secularism to be emulated by each and
every individual and state of India.
The central government watched the fun for
days end on and then came up with the age old escapism of `all party meet'
on the issue that had seen Hindus, for once, joining hands on an issue that
threatened their very basic existence in the state; having gone through the
trauma of the forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) from Kashmir valley
and the Srinagar city. Ironically, not many of the so called educated and
well informed strata of the Indian society (including the media) are aware
of it even today!!! This ignorance was manifest - for a discerning audience-
on the visual media.
The magnificent yet sick diversion was reduction
of the problem to a `Law and Order' situation and `communal forces (read Hindus)'
raising their head.
The self defined and the self proclaimed `Hindu'
parties/sangathanas were appealed to by the self styled `secular' parties
to show restrain thereby meaning to rope in and suppress the peoples' movement
so that the `powers that be' remain comfortable, while the very basis of the
existence of the Union of India was being questioned.
The Mass Ignorance:
"Separatists on the rise in the valley".
"Situation back to 1989"
.These kind of responses are indicators
to the ignorance of the media personnel who are to, by quirk of destiny and
to the curse of our Motherland- communicate to the people of India and world
outside the events in the J&K state and reasons thereof. Therefore a very
brief introduction to the issue is in order.
§ Kashmiri Muslim community was never
secular minded. This is clear from the fact that when Late Sri Sheikh Abdullah
launched his political outfit, to fight what he termed as atrocities by the
Maharaja on the people of the state, he named it Muslim Conference. The Maharaja
ruled J&K state that had people of nearly all religions in it. Later on
he was to change it to National Conference, on the advice of the then Indian
National Congress Leaders. § Kashmiri Muslims' political aspirations
never saw them as a part of the Indian Union; they were always traitors to
its cause. This is because the Late Sheikh Abdullah (even while he ruled the
state) led a separatist movement and its goal was to cede J&K state from
the Indian Union.
§ The year 1975 can be considered as
a watershed in the Kashmir politics. The separatist sentiment, here-on, saw
an organized effort well supported by the government agencies. The state's
Chief Minister was Late Sheikh Abdullah. Openly, his lieutenants used to tell
Muslims that this was not the time for agitating and seeking of jobs, but
to get organized for achieving the ultimate aim of Azadi; while the Government
of India (GOI) remained a silent spectator!! For Secular Reasons???
The Seed becomes a Baniyan Tree:
The concerted efforts, over the years, of
the entire state machinery culminated in the upsurge of the insurgents in
Jan'90 with open threats yelled out to the KPs by the state-of-the art gun
wielding insurgents during their processions and public gatherings, from the
Mosques to either embrace Islam or face slaughter. This was preceded by the
hijack drama of the daughter of Mufti Md. Sayeed, the then Home Minister of
India. Ms Mehbooba Mufti is now the leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
that until recently ruled the state in coalition with the Congress. The streets
of the Kashmir region were filled with the vociferous and uninhibited demands
for Azadi.
While the self styled secular forces (read
central government too) called this naked aggression against the State of
India as the handiwork f misguided youth, and one of the important reason
meted out for the outburst was "KPs had grabbed all the state jobs";
the insurgents availed of this chaos in the Indian political leadership to
fully entrench themselves-with all the ammunitions at their command- in all
the nooks and corners of the Kashmir region. Leaders were kept busy with obtaining
the release of Ms Mehbooba Mufti. The popular perception, though, was that
the Home Minister himself had got his daughter kidnapped to enable the insurgents
to comfortably organize their future onslaughts. Azadi obtained in 1990:
Kasmiri Muslims used to openly warn the KPs
that one day they will throw the KPs out of the region and the GOI would not
be of any help to them. The other connotation of Azadi was an Islamic state
(at least a region) where no other religious group would have any meaningful
existence. So, their representative in the GOI, the very Home Minister along
with a Prime Minister (who was more concerned about proving his secular credentials
because he was in power with the support of a so called Hindu- read communal-
party) Sri V P Singh, through their agent in the Governor of J&K state,
Sri Jagmohan, planned the unprecedented exodus of the KPs from the Kashmir
region of the J&K state. That most unfortunate ate was 19th Jan'90.
It was not unfortunate just because a sinister
conspiracy had been hatched against the KPs, but also that the integrity of
India had been compromised. Thus an Islamic region was carved out in a `secular'
India by the self proclaimed secular parties.
The then Governor of J&K state, Sri Jagmohan,
did not press into action the state machinery & defense personnel to safeguard
the KPs against the threats of the insurgents, but mobilized it to arrange
their exodus!! The Kashmiri Muslims were to acknowledge this agreement later
on and its execution by the GOI. They would taunt KPs about their nationalism
and the Indian army. The proof of this sinister conspiracy lies, may be, in
the following statement:
When Sri V P Singh was told that the KPs have
been forced to flee the Kashmir region, the Prime Minister of India replied,"
WHO ARE KASHMIRI PANDITS?"
In nearly two decades since 1989, the exodus
of KPs is the only political event that gave the Muslims de-facto Azadi; thereafter
it has been only gun running and extracting millions of rupees from the Indian
tax payer to amass wealth that was to change the face of Srinagar city and
Kashmir region, and concomitantly give rise to the organized prostitution
never thought of in Kashmir in saner times. During this time, jobs within
the state dried up for the KPs and the whole community that once boasted of
being a well to do middle class was transformed into a community of slum dwellers!!
Hardly any Prime Minister of India visited those slums. The conspiracy against
the KPs was so obvious that nobody in the government talked of rehabilitating
KPs in Kashmir region while on the contrary plans were being flaunted to settle
KPs in concrete slums in and around Jammu city. Secularism was at its strenuous
best because Kashmir had been Islamized and integrity of India had been compromised.
Therefore the vested interests - be they `secular'
or `communal'- claimed from the roof tops that peace had returned to the Valley
and prosperity was on the rise now that the tourists had started pouring in
once again. NOBODY TALKED OF KASHMIRI PANDITS!! This was the Kashmeriat they
talked of; the secular character of Muslim they talked of; the secular credentials
of the government they talked of.
Threat to Azadi!
"Everything was going on smoothly";
"elections were to be conducted yet again"; "democratic forces
had gained an upper hand over the separatists"; "misguided youth
was joining back the mainstream". Claims! Claims!! & Claims!!! All
over and over again; the Muslims sure were laughing all the while at their
apologists. Yes of course, the KPs had been consigned to the dustbin of the
Indian & the J&K history. They never mattered.
What happened suddenly (once again??)!! Again
a sudden (?) eruption!! Again slogans of Azadi!! Why! Why! Why!! Again `misguided
youth' from nowhere!! "Again 1989" Tragedy or a Farce!! Wake up
Media! Wake up!! Try to know & the understand history.
What is this Amarnath Shrine Board? Nobody
ever heard of it before!! Who brought it into prominence??
"We are told there is this land row!!
We are told that the J&K government passed a G.O. for temporary allocation
of 100 acres of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board during the Amarnath yatra
period only to be rescinded a few days later because the coalition partner
withdrew support after being the party to the allocation decision. The coalition
partner stated that they had done whatever they had because the government's
decision was against popular (read separatist) interest. These facts have
not been denied by any political party in the state."
The questions that arise are: 1) why should
there be protest by Kashmiri
Muslims for temporary allocation of land for a purpose? 2) why land in Kashmir
cannot be allocated for Hindus of Jammu to perform their religious activities?,
and 3) is Jammu not part of the J&K state?
The Muslims and their political supporters
(read all parties in Kashmir) have openly said that they have been facilitating
this Amarnath yatra since decades so where is the need for some other body
to take over and run the show. Remember one thing: the Muslim is not fighting
because he sees a threat to his personal economy.
Muslims very well understand that Jammu is
a part of the J&K state and therefore also understand that Article 370
is applicable to entire state. Under that Article only an outsider from the
state cannot be given land, but the Hindus of Jammu are not outsiders!!
The singular reason is: that Muslims and their
supporters see in this step an attempt by the government to de- Islamize Kashmir;
to enable Hindus to get a foothold in Kashmir and this goes against the content
of their de-facto Azadi and therefore there is intolerance to it. This was
supported by their leaders (so called mainstream, hardliners/ doves etc.)
when they stated that Muslims feared that
allocation of land would change demography of Kashmir! Since when did land
allocation to natives of a state change its demography!! The self proclaimed
hardliners leader Sri Gilani is on record having said that the KPs would not
be allowed to resettle in Kashmir and that they would not be tolerated. O!
GOI O! Secular Forces! YOU DID NOT HEAR THAT!! Does the Constitution of India
allow this kind of anti-national statement; does it allow treason (the Muslims)
to prosper and nationalism (the Hindus/ KPs) to be crushed??
The Muslim Mind:
The disinformation game had been going on
for more than a decade, post eruption of insurgency in J&K state, regarding
the situation in Kashmir and the psyche of Kashmiri Muslims. The Muslims had
a conscience role in all that, so everything was going as per their plan.
The Hindus all over fell for this propaganda. All the efforts by the media
to paint a ROSY picture of Kashmir and its Muslims, at the behest of their
masters, were punctured by the pampered children (the Muslims) in no time.
It was like a thunderous lightning that made its point with speed greater
than that of light before their apologists could grasp the EVENT.
The Kashmiri Muslim knows how to bleed Indian
nation and blackmail it from time to time. Muslims have always succeeded in
extracting their pound of flesh from the GOI. They have fully utilized this
`secular' sentiment which they know is more for political gains. In 1990,
GOI gave them a full, well fed goat to feast on (Islamic region) and here
were some ignorant people trying to start undoing that! How dare!! Therefore,
not an inch of land was to be parted with. Kashmiri Muslims know which side
of the bread is buttered and therefore they will never allow their interests
to be harmed. Hindus are welcome as tourists and not as residents. This is
the political/social/economical/religious mindset of a Muslim. It is this
mindset that has to taken on if Indian integrity is to survive.
The Hindu Response:
The Hindus, for once, responded appropriately
and in time to the obnoxious demand of Kashmiri Muslims and their leadership.
They have given Bandh calls that have been spontaneously responded to by the
people; the Hindus were never seen so much agitated collectively since 1947
and this time around the reason is the very strong feeling of step-motherly
treatment by the government to people who always stood for Indian cause. The
Hindus of Jammu have not forgotten the forced exodus of KPs from the Valley;
have not forgotten the apathy of the state and the GOI towards KPs. The Hindus
of Jammu and the KPs are bound to resist the nefarious designs of the Muslims
with an aim to succeed against them and reclaim the right of Hindus over Kashmir.
Ms Mehbooba Mufti who until recently was part of an elected government had
the audacity to say hat the whole problem is due to Hindus in 2 and a half
districts of J&K state.
This statement of hers is proof enough of
who does she, her father and PDP represent. They certainly do not represent
Indian interests and yet are being touted by the vested interests as Indians.
The issue here is whether in India Indian or Pakistani opinion should prevail?
This is fundamental to the dispute. This is a fight between National and anti-National
forces. The anti-National forces have supporters all over the country in various
manifestations including the government agencies, so the Nationalist forces
are up against a situation where the Nation is under seize.
The Media Response to Hindu Agitation:
The media did not telecast for a long time
the events in Jammu related to the land row, unless a protest was lodged and
the media started responding, laboriously though. It was quick to point out
how communal forces (Hindu supporters) were fuelling the agitation turning
a blind eye to the fact that the Hindu masses (children / women/old/young)
were crossing rivers like Tawi & Chenab to reach Jammu by defying curfew
regulations. Media and the self proclaimed secular forces need to understand
that Amarnath Cave Temple (Shrine) is not worshipped by Hindus because `communal
forces' are giving such a call. Hindus want to organize its own religious
functions and that there is nothing communal about it.
Indian Flags are openly burnt everyday in
Kashmir; Pakistani flags are openly hoisted in Kashmir; this all one sees
in the background of the tamasha that Visual media do on the screen; the media
do not show all this by directly focusing the camera on the anti-India event,
but the Muslims strain hard to bring their activity under focus.
Instead of labeling the Hindu response to
nefarious designs of Muslims as communal, the media need to ask the self proclaimed
`secularists' in the government & elsewhere as to why no action is taken
on the spot by the security forces for the acts like burning of Indian Tri
Colour? In any country in the world the person will be straight away shot
dead or hanged in a few days time. The media need to ask why Mr. Guru is still
ot being hanged, instead of calling Hindu response as communal.
The media and the `secular forces' need to
understand the following: If J&K state is an integral part of India then
whatever has been happening in Kashmir for decades now cannot be tolerated.
Was It The Innocence?
The Hindus have united and the prayer is that
they remain united.The fight against the anti-national elements is long and
arduous, as they are supported by powerful people within and without our Union.
Shiv Shankar Bholenath sure will impart all the strengths to its devotees
to rescue its land from the usurpers and keep Indian integrity intact. We,
the real Hindus, need beware of unscrupulous netas and others of their ilk.
For all that has happened till now and may
happen hereafter, a basic question comes to my mind:
Is Ms Mehbooba Mufti so naïve as to first
allow her party to be signatory to the decision and then retract on the count
of peoples' sentiment? PDP leader sure knows the pulse of her separatists
- the Muslims- and therefore cannot feign ignorance on that count. Certainly
she cannot claim innocence in the matter. She and her party is a willing political
face of what essentially is rabidly communal, murderous and inhuman and anti
Indian movement; GOI has been more than willing and enduring partner.
Therefore, Ms. Mufti, your game plan was to
give a push to the separatist movement and it was easy for you because you
were party to the then government of J&K state. If one was to analyze
the role of Sri Mufti
Mohd.
Sayeed as Home Minister of India and his frequent
visits to the Muslim populated Jammu region of J&K state during the peak
of insurgency & his absolute silence on the plight of the KPs and combine
it with your nefarious role now then the role of PDP in the insurgency becomes
quite clear. But you are safe Ms. Mufti because you are a Muslim and therefore
you can be a traitor and yet get cover under secularism.
Certainly you and your supporters must have
gathered funds in mind boggling figures helped more vigorously by the GOI
and the `secular' forces. You should have stored huge quantities of grains
& other materials to sustain your secessionist movement and if you fall
short of a resource the GOI will ensure that the Indian Army instead of fighting
the secessionist forces till the end ensures free supply to your cadres because
`secularism' is to be
upheld.
You thought you chose the right moment because
political environment in Pakistan is changing and your supporters in there
are firmly saddled in the seats of power. Ms. Mufti, my suggestion to you
is that you need not go that far to Pakistan to achieve your goals; the GOI
is right close by. Pakistan may not help you in achieving secession as much
as the GOI and `secular' forces will and in a shorter time.
The Kashmiri Muslims have always successfully
fooled the Indian leadership; you know that Ms. Mufti & Late Sheikh Abdullah
was master craftsman at that. You are now trying to do that, but Ms. Mufti
times have changed because Hindus have united. Beware!!