KASHMIR and IDPs

By K.N. Pandita

Coalition government is an accepted option in democratic arrangement. However, coalition cannot be a mixture of opposites; at least a modicum of ideological compatibility is required.

In retrospect, nobody doubted that PDP-BJP coalition in J&K was blatant political opportunism and not a true expression of national aspiration. Credibility of coalition mechanism depends on the quality of political leadership. Continue Reading…

By K.N. Pandita

The coalition government has collapsed, perhaps belatedly. Hindsight shows that much damage could have been averted if the government had fallen much earlier.

Coalition governments are not unknown in a democratic set up. However, at least there has to be a modicum of ideological compatibility. When BJP decided to be the partner in a coalition government with PDP after previous election, two things could become transparent. Continue Reading…

By K.N. Pandita

For the first time in the history of Kashmir question at the UN, the Chairman of Human Rights Commission Mr. Zeid Ra’d Al Hussein of Jordan has issued a 49-page tutored report spread over 20 paragraphs on “abuse and violation of human rights” in the State of Jammu and Kashmir mainly by India and peripherally by Pakistan. The report is a forceful indictment of India, particularly her security forces operating in Kashmir. Continue Reading…

By K.N. Pandit

Maddening media hype allowed to the atrocious treatment of a minor Muslim girl in the village Rassana in Kathua district will cost dare to the ruling BJP. Line of discretion has been crossed in a bid to garner elusive goodwill of the community, which, however, is a sickening subject.

BJP higher echelons have fallen in the trap of a meticulous conspiracy hatched by ISI, Hurriyat and PDP combine. General Secretary Ram Madhav has unwittingly proved his naivety by giving an incoherent and inexperienced interview to electronic media at Jammu. Continue Reading…

By K.N. Pandita

Last week’s political events in Jammu have once again confirmed that BJP functions from a position of weakness and pusillanimity though circumstances do not warrant the type of acquiescence they are demonstrating. Continue Reading…

Daily Excelsior

Sir,

This refers to the piece titled ‘Advisory body for migrants and refugees’ by Mr. B.L. Saraf (Feb 4) The crux of the write up, if I rightly understand, is that there are various groups of people who fall in the category of migrants and refugees like Kashmiri Pandits, Jammu migrants, POJK and West Pakistan Refugees. Continue Reading…

Daily Excelsior

Sir,

This refers to the news item “CM denounces demand for separate State for Muslims of India” (DE Feb 1). Mufti Nasir ul Islam cannot be castigated for a demand for separate state for Indian Muslims. The demand formed the core of the agenda of Indian Muslim League during freedom struggle. Not only the British rulers, Congress also negotiated the deal and both conceded the demand of Indian Muslim League obviously believing that a people, more especially a threatened group, have the right to live as they like. Continue Reading…

Daily Excelsior

Sir,

CM’s appeal for resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue (DE Jan 8) is aptly timed but inaptly approached. She repetitively urges India to talk to Pakistan. Chief Ministers preceding her, too, tried these antics. With pro-Pak orientation, such antics carry strong element of political endearment. Kashmiris themselves bade good bye to peace in 1990. Regretfully they hailed ushering in of an epoch of violence and bloodsheds with covert and overt consensus of civil society. Continue Reading…

By K.N. Pandita

We shall be entering twenty-eighth year of sponsored Kashmir insurgency. The bloodshed on either side has neither thrown out India nor brought in Pakistan.
The position of Kashmir uprising is far weaker today than what it was in 1990s or early 20s. The world community is convinced that Kashmir is part of Islamic Theo-fascism. Continue Reading…

K.N. Pandita

Obduracy and inflexibility are not the tools to play politics with. The Hurriyat leaders believe their success lies in being obdurate to the hilt. Who forces them to walk the talk? Continue Reading…