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| August 09 2019: Srinagar. Kashmiri student with the Pakistani flag killed by Indian army in Indian occupied Kashmir with many others. |
Interior
Minister of India Amit Shah, presented the bill to abolish the article 35-A
and 370 of Indian Constitution related to Indian Held Kashmir. Opposition
parties protested over it, they made noise that no one was able to understand
the speech of Amit Shah. Despite all this when Amit Shah continued his
speech, opposition first tore up the copies of the draft of Indian Constitution
says that Indian does not need this constitution that is being violated by
Indian govt. herself. The opposition boycotted the session of Parliament. Before
the presentation of the bill, Chadam Baram Leader of Indian Congress said that
“Lok Sabha is responsible
to safeguard the rights of the states included in the Federation according to
the Indian Constitution while states are responsible to safeguard the rights of
their citizens; Lok Sabha has failed to safeguard the rights of the states. He said
that today will be remembered as Black Day of Indian History and upcoming
generations will have to pay for this blunder. Lok Sabha has changed the status of
states to the Indian defeated colonies. By abolishing article 370 not only Lok
Sabha has fueled the Kashmir dispute but also degraded other states to the
status lesser than Municipal Corporation. Under the cover of Article 370, not
only protests and freedom movement in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) has been given
a new life but also threatened the other states and forced them to follow
the footprints of Kashmiris. Is there a legal expert in the ruling party that can
advise govt. that in the name of fulfilling the slogan raised during the electoral
campaign, govt. is going to do such activities that will have disastrous results for
India and no one will be able to make the loss good”.
He declared this as a
deception to the public of the IHK. He further said that by closing the educational
institutions, canceling the exams, expelling the tourists in the name of
Amarnath Yatra whole world has been given a message that India has been
controlling Kashmir through power against the will of the public. The representatives
of Indian friendly countries in UNO are asking that what blunder has India committed.
In Islamic countries, our diplomats are unable to answer the questions
raised by the public. Pakistani is taking the issue to the UNO. Indian actions
in the IHK are reinforcing Pakistani stance over Kashmir.
The New York Times analyzed
the situation in these words that in the way the Modi and his Ministers are explaining
the decision of Kashmir is unacceptable and it is not as much simple as they
claim. Under the picture of deserted areas of Sri Nagar due to the Curfew
imposed by the Indian Army, the newspaper published the headline “In Kashmir Move,
Critics Say Modi is Trying to Make a Hindu Nation”. Other Western and American
newspapers also expressed concerns over the decision of Modi establishment over
IHK. Most of the Western analysts are raising objections that why did not Modi
establishment wait for the decision of Indian Supreme Court where a case is
under trial filed by the “We the People” NGO over abolishing of Article 35-A
and 370. 6 other applications were lodged as well which Indian Supreme Court adjourned
along with the case of the NGO. In between 2014-18, 20 hearings have been
conducted by the Indian Supreme Court. The decision was expected in December
2018. But Indian Supreme Court adjourned the case 6 times from December 2018 to
July 2019. The reason was the protests over the abolition of the said articles
which might grow out of control for Indian military in IHK while on the other
hand if the decision came in the favor of the Kashmiris than there will countrywide violent protests of
Hindu extremists due to which three judges panel of Indian Supreme Court
avoided the give the verdict.
Curfew has been imposed in IHK since 05 August
2019. Despite the curfew, protests have broken out in Pulwama, Barahmolla, and Sri
Nagar. As a result of direct fire over the protestors on 7th August
2019, 8 Kashmiris were killed while more than 100 were injured. In order to
stop the coverage of the atrocities committed by the state terrorists of India,
Indian army blocked all type of communications. The video of burning 5
inhabitants alive in their home was leaked out to the outer world on 08 August
2019. The sobbing of the video maker can be heard in the said clip. UNO and
European Union expressed concerns over the blocking of all type of
communications and no good news from IHK and demanded that UNO’s Human Rights
team should be allowed to visit the area. Similarly a member of European
Parliament said that he is going to present a resolution against India in
September 2019. He compared the abolishing of separate status of IHK to the
British military action over Scotland after abolishing the Scottish parliament.
A similar fear and
concerns have been felt in other states of India as well. They are concerned
that following the Kashmir case, New Delhi may degrade their status at any time. It
is pertinent to mention that more than 9 states of India have special status
under article 371 of the Indian constitution. Nagaland 371-A, ASSAM 371-B, Manipura
371-C, Andhra Pradesh 371-D, Sikkim 371-E, Mizoram 371-G, Arunachal Pradesh
371-H and Goa 371-I and inhabitants of Himachal Pradesh have special status and
separate identity. These states have active armed freedom movements. In these
states just like IHK, the Indian army has complete protection for the massacre of the
freedom fighters and locals. Youngsters are arrested there under no charges and
case and go missing forever. Whether this is the rapes or gang rapes in the
Indian army camps, Indian govt. has banned Indian media from publishing such
news; however, despite this, clips of these heinous crimes of Indian state
terrorists are leaked out. After, the abolition of the special status of IHK, protests
are going on in these states. They are protesting fearing that they will be
deprived of their special status and rights as well. Many analysts in New Delhi
who are termed as against Congress are claiming the way Modi abolished the
article 370 and 35-A as suicide attack over the Indian Constitution. According to
them under the cover of converting India into Hindu state, Hindu Extremists
party RSS and Modi have created such a situation after which the destruction and
disintegration of India are inevitable…
Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 15 August 2019.
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