Wednesday, September 11

Future of Politics and Politicians in Jammu & Kashmir after Abrogation of Article 370


What are the options with Abdullas, Muftis, Shah Faesal & Sheha Rashid
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With the abrogation of article 370 of the Indian constitution on August 5, Kashmir has been fully integrated with India. Now the state of Jamuu & Kashmir will get the benefits of progressive measures such as right to information, right to education, health, property rights etc. Many big players have already shown their intent to invest in J&K. Uday Kotak, Mukesh Ambani, have already announced their intent to invest in Jammu & Kashmir. Lakhs of jobs are going to generate in Kashmir soon. Medanta wish to set up a big state of the art hospital in Kashmir. It means over 15000 direct and indirect jobs will be generated for the Kashmiri youth by only one big hospital.

According to Jitender Singh, the union minister, abrogation of Article 370 will help in industrial growth, employment generation and improvement in the health sector and people will get freedom from family rule.  Dr. Jitendra Singh said that common man in the streets of Kashmir is rejoicing over the abrogation of Article 370 and it is a handful of families who are crying over it.
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Pakistan has been running pillar and post and making lot of hue and cry about the Indian government’s decision of scrapping Article 370, but failed everywhere. A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) believe that this decision will help in rooting out several terrorist organisations operating in Kashmir.

Member of the European Parliament Tomas Zdechovsky in an article said that “such terrorist groups are spreading violence in the Kashmir valley and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)”.

The UN, The US, the UAE, UK, France and all major economies of the world have resisted themselves on commenting on the Indian government’s decision. In fact they categorically accepted that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and they need to resolve it themselves.
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The Kashmir on the other hand is returning to normalcy. The restrictions in most of the regions have been lifted. The landlines are open in almost all the areas, however mobile and internet services are still affected in Kashmir region

The security forces continued to be deployed to maintain law and order.

What is in store now for the common Kashmiri after scrapping of Article 370? While speaking to some Kashmiri youth it has been observed that most of them believe that they will get rid of the large scale of corruption in Kashmir. Though they have some inhibitions about what would happen if people from other parts of the country start buying land in Kashmir? This fear is natural but as in other parts of the country be it Andhra, Telangana, Northeast, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh where the people have preserved their cultures and lands, Kashmiris will also do the same.

The mainstream Kashmiri leaders, former CMs and others have been under house arrest for over a month now. Shah Faisal an IAS topper from Kashmir who resigned from his job to join politics is also under house arrest now.

The people of Kashmir were desperately looking for a new face in the mainstream politics. The Muftis the Abdullas ruled them for ages but the common Kashmiri suffered all during these years. The separatists were given free run to instigate youth for stone pelting and terrorism. However their own children enjoyed studying in best of the institutions in India and abroad. The pro Pakistan lobby was highly active to run Pakistan agenda during the rule of Mufti and Abdullas. The Separatists like Geelanis and Maliks flourished under their rules.

Smelling the sentiments of the general public the ambitious IAS officer Shah Faisal floated his own party in Kashmir. He roped in JNU student Shehla Rashid in his party. The two became the face of the new party in Kashmir.

Their dream could not last long and article 370 was scrapped by the central government on 5th of August. To pacify the pro Pakistan lobby Shah Faisal once told a news channel that either he can be a separatist or a stooge of center now. He said he can’t be a stooge of center but did not say anything else.

Pakistan did his best to internationalize the issue but in vain. Some controversial journalists like Rana Ayub and Pakistani ministers are selling fake propaganda on their social media accounts. The only known face of Kashmir Shehla Rashid is also trying her best on Twitter and social media to garner some publicity from abrogation of article 370.

Without verifying the facts Shehla has been alleged to spread fake news about the atrocities by Indian Army in Kashmir. Army and J&K Police have denied all these allegations. An FIR was also filed against Shela Rashid for spreading fake news about Kashmir. The matter is under investigation now.

We believe that the situation is going to improve soon in Kashmir. The common Kashmiri wants to live in peace. He want his children to go to school. He wants to run his business and live happily.

So once all the restrictions are lifted and when Muftis and Abdullas are released from house arrest they will have no other option but to accept the reality. The government of India will never go back to revoke its own decision now. The Article 370 has been scrapped for good now.

The Abdullas and Muftis will have to form a new strategy in New Kashmir so that public votes them to power again.

Similarly Shah Faisal and Shehla Rashid need not to be stooges of center. They need to go to the common peace loving public for votes. Yes Kashmiriyat is still there and we need to promote that instead of highlighting separatism which is almost negligible in Kashmir. 

There is no room for Separatists in New Kashmir. They have to be in Jail so Shehla and Faisal has no option but to be in the mainstream if they really want to fulfill their desire to become a politician in Jammu and Kashmir

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