BySyed Ali
Mujtaba
Modi government
after arguing that rescinding Article 370 and 35A is an “internal matter” of India is now engaged in public relation exercise
ferrying International delegation to Kashmir .
The
buffoonery of India ’s
Kashmir policy is at splendid display when after saying India would brook no third party interference,
now for the second time is hosting a large number of foreign delegation to
assess the situation in Kashmir .
Now given
the political affiliations of these European visitors, what does this exercise
is going to achieve for India
Why India India covertly acknowledges that Kashmir has an international dimension which it cannot
wish it away.
Modi
government on August 5, 2019 by rescinding Article 370 and 35 A has removed the
ambiguity that prevailed in India ’s
stand over Kashmir since 1948.
The Modi
government did a game changer act on August 5 and essentially made three
statements altering the classical view of India ’s
stand on Kashmir .
First, Modi
government claimed that the people of Kashmir
have no role to play in deciding their future. Since the territory in question
is inalienable part of India
Citizenship
of India was up for grabs
for the Kashmiri people, while rest of India India
Second
statement India made on
August 5, 2019 that Pakistan
has no claim on Kashmir . The bilateral talks
with Pakistan Pakistan
claim over Kashmir and it ascended on the moral ground to canvass of India
The third
statement that Modi government made on August 5, 2019 was that India will not tolerate any third party
intervention/ mediation on Kashmir issue.
All these
three statements made on Augusts 5, 2019 was to fix up the Kashmir problem in
India’s favor with the assumption India will have its way and by doing will set
the Kashmir house in order.
If Kashmir
is an integral part of India
and India will not tolerate
any third party intervention/ mediation on Kashmir issue, then why India is inviting foreign delegation to Kashmir where common Indian’s are forbidden to travel?
India on
one hand says it does not want international mediation or involvement in
Kashmir, but at the same time wants a ‘no objection certificate’ (NOC) from
some handpicked European delegates to blunt the international criticism
building against India with regard to its Kashmir policy.
Modi
government is also faced with another criticism as to why it prefers EU
delegates over the US India
can manage the EU delegation in a much better way than the US US
Complication
of India ’s Kashmir policy is
getting compounded with the visits of foreign delegates to Kashmir .
Modi
government by taking the foreign delegates to Kashmir valley is self-contradicting
its stand on Kashmir . It is deliberately
internationalizing the Kashmir issue after
saying it does not want any third party to interfere in the internal matter of
the country.
As such,
Modi government has fallen into Pakistani trap of internationalizing the Kashmir issue. It looks instead of strengthening its
position on Kashmir Modi government has further weakened its grip over Kashmir . The visit of foreign delegations has compromised
India ’s new stand on Kashmir .
This public
relation exercise that the current government is engaged in is nothing but a
figment of imagination of that if it can get an NOC by some foreign delegates,
and the international community will be pacified and support India ’s wrong doing to the people of Kashmir .
If this is
so then the policy maker want to make Kashmir an Indian colony and they have to
do the cost – benefit calculation to keep such colony under India
The second
statement on August 5 India
made was that Pakistan has
no claim on Kashmir . In the new narrative
Kashmir is inalienable part of India
and in the talks to be held between New Delhi
and Islamabad only the modalities to hand over
the territories occupied by Pakistan
This again
is highly contentious proposition and fraught with innumerable consequences.
Instead of playing peace makers, India
is openly war mongering challenging Pakistan
claim on Kashmir . India ’s
this policy on Kashmir has many spin offs and
may require full time occupation to plug in any fall outs from any such
designs.
The last
statement that the Modi government made on August 5 was that as statecraft it
will use state terror to contain terrorism in Kashmir .
In this new face of terrorism some nine lakhs guns is being used to hold
hostage some 90 lakh people to maintain peace.
Can such state terrorism be de-linked with anti-state terrorism? In the
context, can state terrorism be condoned to restore peace in Kashmir ?
Needless to say terrorism is terrorism, whether it is by anti-state actors or
by the acts of state indulging in terrorism.
To conclude,
all the three statements made by India
In fact,
Modi government’s Kashmir policy has triggered several struggles at several
levels against India India
The second
struggle it has ignited is Pakistan
to take on India India
Third, India ’s Kashmir
policy has incensed global community. The denial of human right, freedom of
speech, internet and mobile access and the extra ordinary deployment of large
number of Indian security forces in Kashmir has made the international
community is too much worried about Indian state power abuse in Kashmir . India is finding it hard to counter this
international struggle that it has ignited through its Kashmir
policy.
The fourth
struggle India India ’s
ill-conceived Kashmir policy has anguished and
saddened many Indians.
The
responsibility of triggering all these struggles solely rest on the Prime
Minister of the country. Many feel that he has got away with his ‘demonetizing
act,’ but his ill-conceived Kashmir policy may
have a price to pay.
With all
these struggles germinating against India ,
the only summery that can be made is; India ’s
Kashmir policy is an expressway ride to
nowhere.