Bangalore / J&K: Senior BJP
leader and former legislator Bali Bhagat deliberated on “present political and
security scenario of J & K’ in Bangluru during one day intellectuals meet.
Gathering of intellectuals, Retd. Army officers, lawyers, scholars, students,
social and political workers were addressed by Bali Bhagat, who said that
J&K is not a homogeneous state in any respect and one of the very basic
distortions about the issue of J&K is that Kashmir means Jammu &
Kashmir. This is a deliberate attempt to mislead public opinion. He said the
fact is that J&K comprises of several regions and Kashmir is just one
smallest division as for as area is concerned. J&K princely state was
Jammu, Kashmir, Northern areas, Ladakh, Trans-Karakoram and Akasai Chin. Other
major regions of state as per present different administrative control are
Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Chinese occupied Kashmir and POK.
Bhagat apprised that total
area under illegal occupation of China
and Pakistan
is 1, 20,849 sq.kms. That is 54.37%.The area of J&K remaining with
administrative control of India
is, Jammu 25.93%, Ladakh 58.43% and Kashmir is just 15.63%. Hence the total area of Jammu
& Ladakh under administrative control of India is 84.36%. The voters of
Jammu are more than 30 lac and of Kashmir near 29 lac only. Bhagat said that
Jammu and Ladakh, which constitute 84.36% area of the state land and more
population than Kashmir have nothing to do with the on going secessionists
movement. They are as Indian as the people of the other states. It is only a
small section of population provoked by Pakistan
and pampered by New Delhi that is creating the
impression that people of J&K are up against India.
BJP leader told that entire
separatist movement is confined to Kashmir valley, the15% area of J&K only
and out of 10 districts of valley it is confined to only four districts Srinagar,
Baramullah, Pulwama, Anantnag and Shopian city. People belonging Gujjar, Shia,
Pahari, patriotic muslims, self employment related people, including Taxiwala, Shikarewala,
Houseboatwala, Hotelwala, Horsewala, BPL community, Kashmiri Sikhs, Pandits,
Ladakhi, refugee groups, Dogras did not join this separatist movement but an
atmosphere has been created that entire J&K is chanting slogans of
independence and alienation from India. Bhagat charged that the interlocutors
appointed by GOI represents Congress party not nation and flayed their interim
recommendations submitted to Union Home Minister that contains everything for
Kashmiri separatists and nothing for people of Jammu and Ladakh. He said that
their recommendations are release of militants and separatists; rehabilitation
of terrorists across the border, freedom for separatist to hold the
demonstrations, dilution in AFSPA, removal of bunkers, removal of PSA from
separatist leaders, rehabilitation of stone pelters, employment to Kashmiri youth
and dialogue with separatists.
BJP leader appealed Government
to fix priorities of J&K. Take steps to sustainable return of 4 lakh Kashmiri
Hindu migrants to valley with honour and dignity, rehabilitation and
reconstruction plan for” terror affected people in hilly areas of Jammu province
“full rehabilitation of 8 Lakhs PoK,2 lakh West Pak refugees of 1947,one lakh
Chhamb displaced persons of 1965 &1971 wars, statutory provisions for
ending discrimination in over all development with Jammu and Ladakh, implementation
of 73rd and 74th amendment of Indian Constitution, delimitation
of assembly and Lok Sabha seats, promulgation of 135 article of Indian
constitution still not applied in J&K, abrogation of article 370,full
integration of state with Indian union,
withdrawal of separate flag and
constitution of J&K.