DE-MILITANT-ISATION FIRST – Conclusions
Linked with ‘ … Meetings‘, with Paul Beersmans – Belgium, with of BASJAK, with JAMMU AND KASHMIR, A SMOULDERING CONFLICT … , and with … again Kashmir.
See also every post on this blog, treating intensively the Kashmiri questions.
The Belgian Association for Solidarity with Jammu and Kashmir BASJAK was in Kashmir this January-February 2007.Their report can be seen on their Website. Go to BASJAK,
scoll down to ‘Reports of study tours’ and click on ‘Jammu and Kashmir State January-February 2007‘. You will open a WORD.doc.
Here an excerpt of this 21 pages report. Page 19: … CONCLUSIONS
Following conclusions can be drawn, based on the experiences of this study tour to India and J&K State:
a. According to a survey of a neutral think tank, J&K State belongs, within India, to the states with a high degree of corruption. A change of mentality/mindset is required to be brought in J&K State.
b. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is appreciated very much, being sincere, hard working, honest, having good contacts with Delhi and bringing a lot of funds for the developmental projects in the State.