A group led by former foreign minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today released a third report revealing that dismay and disquiet has grown in the Valley.
The report says Kashmiris feel that the central government is using a 바카라military approach바카라 along with 바카라judicial and constitutional aggression바카라 against the people of Kashmir.
The members, who visited the valley between August 17 and August 19 under Sinha were Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Kapil Kak, Sushobha Barve, who is the Executive Director, Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation and the Editor of news website Catch News, Bharat Bhushan.
Calling themselves the Concerned Citizens Group (CCG), during their third visit they met prominent political parties, office bearers of the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association, civil society representatives from Srinagar, Anantnag, Shopian, Pulwama and College students and civil society representatives in Kupwara, North Kashmir.
바카라Most disquieting conclusion of the interactions that the Concerned Civil Society Group had with Kashmiri students, civil society and political leaders this time around was that as compared to the previous visits, the sense of dismay and despondency in the people had grown바카라, the CCG report says.
바카라The proximate reasons for this not only seemed to be the lack of dialogue with the Kashmiris but also because tourism had plummeted, the hotel business was in dire straits, there was flight of capital and an overall economic downturn leading to greater unemployment and economic distress. The situation was much worse than the previous two years바카라, the report reads.
바카라At the same time, the distance between rest of India and the Kashmiri youth but also others seems to have increased. This was evident in the fact that even the people who used to talk reasonably earlier were using the language of the militants and separatists this time바카라, the report says.
바카라People complained of not only of the military approach to the problem of Kashmir but also of a judicial/Constitutional aggression against the people of Kashmir in attempts to undo Article 35A of the Indian Constitution which ensured special rights for the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir바카라, the report says.
However, the report says, the only saving grace was that in personal discussions prominent members of civil society continued to use cautious and measured language which suggested that there was still a constituency for peace and that societal leaders were willing to make an effort to end violence and ensure a peaceful atmosphere so that a dialogue could begin to address their issues in a considered and in a less emotionally charged manner.
The report says Prime Minister바카라s message on August 15 that Kashmiris need a hug and not abuse or bullets has had a positive impact. 바카라People said that they were waiting for the operationalization of the PM바카라s message and hoped that this would happen soon바카라, the report says.
The report says there was all round opposition to attempts to revoke Article 35A of the Constitution of India. 바카라The judicial raking of the Article 35A issue seems to have pushed the demand for 바카라Azadi바카라 to the background (it has, however, neither disappeared nor become secondary, only less urgent) as people see the attempts to change rules for special rights of people of J&K as an existential threat of changing the Valley바카라s demographic profile바카라, the report reads.
바카라People believe that revoking Article 35A can potentially lead to a demographic change in the state as outsiders are facilitated to buy land and property in the state. This was completely unacceptable to them바카라, the report says.
It says simmering anger also stemmed from the belief that the Central government was a 바카라passive collaborator바카라 in the petitions filed before the Supreme Court of India.
바카라This belief was strengthened not because of the statements from the ruling party at the Centre and its frontal organisations but the Central government바카라s attitude itself. So Kashmiris openly alleged that the judicial attack on J&K바카라s special status was being 바카라stage managed바카라 by the Central government바카라, the report says.
