Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party both oldest and largest
political parties in country and state have failed to develop trust among the
common people for dispensation of justice in terms of fundamental rights.
Including freedom of speech, think and act. Local political parties had left buried
tens and hundreds of evidence of breach of trust time to time for power lust ignoring
rights of public. Changing loyalties, refuting statements made and violating basic
principals of democracy is single line introduction of every politician
seemingly now-a-days. In such bizarre situation speaking truth becomes
injurious to political health. Glaring example to which is Sham Lal Sharma
cabinet minister in Jammu and Kashmir. Sham said it directly what interlocutors
and all other commissions suggested time to time indirectly for the last sixty
years. Instead of taking his statement as eye opener, people in political
circles from state to centre confusingly started raising hue and cry to malign him.
Separatists fighting for Azadi of Kashmir for the last
twenty years have out rightly rejected minister’s suggested azadi matrix.
Significantly, separates with this move had reiterated their stand for azadi of
all three regions Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir, which should be eye opener for
several here. Coalition National Conference and other main stream political
parties did not hesitate in ridiculing minister for his remark and even
Congress leaders of Valley lambasted minister on his statement. At the same
time one fails to understand as where were these leaders during the four months
unabated agitation in Kashmir.
Barring Bhartiya Janata Party in Jammu more than a dozen of
political, social and regional parties had appreciated minister for his
statement where as almost all political, regional and separates leaders had
ridiculed his statement. On the one hand politicians are not ready to
compromise for the integrity of state but on the other they are raising issues
which could be disastrous in deepening rift between regions. As by removal of
one Congress minister from cabinet has rendered four districts without
representation and repeating similar exercise would be enough to ignite brains
for agitation. According to the media reports some political, social and
regional groups are jointly preparing to launch mass agitation against continuous
discrimination.
Whatever the action would be taken by party high command is
secondary but one thing is certain that with Sham’s statement a week before
Congress is getting popularized with every passing day in entire Jammu region. Political
experts expressed that overwhelming response from various groups and
organizations in favor of minister has evidently made his position strong among
people as well in the party fold. Experts are of view that due to lost ground
in Kashmir constituency almost by all political parties are now concentrating
over Jammu. To which, extreme political stunts are not new as negative politics
works more than that of positive in state and country, they added.
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