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Kashmir turmoil lies in the injustice of August 1953: Farooq Abdullah


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SRINAGAR, Aug 09: National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said it was important for New Delhi to acknowledge that the genesis of the Kashmir turmoil lies in the injustice of August 1953 when a popular, democratically elected Prime Minister of J&K was illegally overthrown to suppress the political sentiment in Kashmir.

“Their stand today is welcome and a positive development and I hope they don’t go back to the conventional policy of validating an operational handling of the issue when seeking a political resolution might become less expedient for them”, Dr. Farooq Abdullah stated in a press statement issued. 

“Every phase of political unrest in the Valley – including the current one – is a manifestation of a prolonged, systemic erosion of faith in Kashmir. What happened on the Ninth of August, 1953 continues to remind the people of Kashmir about how New Delhi has chosen to either suppress the political sentiment here or deal with it through an operational prism with a perpetually short-sighted, fire-fighting policy. Unless the root cause of the political instability and alienation in Kashmir is addressed constitutionally and politically, crushing the sentiment by use of force is not only futile but also highly counterproductive”, Dr. Farooq Abdullah said.

“Prevarication and deflection of responsibility won’t help anymore. The problem in Kashmir is about the people of Kashmir and their political aspirations – neither about any other country nor about terrorism. New Delhi has to engage with the people of Kashmir – who are the primary stakeholders in the political issue and also the rightful final arbiters of their destiny. A sustained, comprehensive political dialogue on Kashmir between New Delhi and Islamabad is equally indispensable – not only for a feasible and long-lasting resolution of the vexed Kashmir Issue – but also for the cause of sustainable peace and stability in the subcontinent”, Dr. Farooq Abdullah added in the statement.

Abdullah said  “This is perhaps the most prolonged and complicated political dispute in the entire world and can be outsourced to neither the Home Ministry nor the Defense Ministry nor the bureaucracy in New Delhi. The Prime Minister is morally and politically obligated to deal with this issue personally and politically - with a sense of justice, history and empathy. There can be no alternative to the issue being addressed by the Prime Minister directly.”

“There has been a clear pattern of an excessive use of lethal force against protesters. The situation is saddening and heart-rending and is worsening with each passing day. A prolonged phase of political inaction could lead us to disastrous consequences”, Abdullah added in the statement.

 

 

 


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