Freedom in a country also
means that one is free to move freely within the country, seek education and gainful
employment anywhere in the country and to seek a legal dwelling anywhere
without encroaching on public or private property. You cannot have Hawaii acceding to the US as the last
state (in 1959) and then bar US citizens from living and working in Hawaii or
vice-versa. What vicious brains concocted Article
370 over the accession of Kashmir
to India and why, has never been thoroughly investigated. Such a thoughtless
and brainless action has led to decades of conflict over the territory, with
and by its people, and in recent times the gateway
to terrorism in India.
Since the times of Sheikh Abdullah, it’s not as if
Kashmiris did not get the govt they wanted. Since inception, every govt there
has had a Muslim majority or when it collapsed there was Governor’s rule. Every govt in Kashmir has ABUSED 370 to
create a roadmap for secession or as they popularly call it “Azaadi”. Then,
it worsened with Pakistan feeding terrorism and the killings of Hindus, raping
of Hindu women, forcing their exit from their homes in Kashmir. The early 1990s
onward, Kashmir has been a hell-hole that should have been met with the
strongest military force. No one has been punished for the hundreds of killings
of Hindus or their mass exodus. Nobody cared for justice for them, not even the
Supreme Court:
If anything, 370 only
helped to consolidate the fiefdom, corruption and misrule of the Abdullahs and
Muftis. Under the brazen nonsense of 370 they behaved as if they are
unquestionable, supported terrorists, acted as Pak stooges and then played
victims. As if all this was not enough, the GOI was spending crores for the
Kashmiri people with real results. Not
just on the Kashmiri people but the GOI was doling out money to Separatists and
anti-India individuals who slept with Pakistan in broad daylight. As the
BJP got a clear majority at the Centre, the threats emanating from these anti-nationals,
especially Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were nothing short of
open incitement to violence:
Won’t let you set foot in
Kashmir and the region will break from India if 370 is abolished. Who are these
people? And who in hell are they threatening? And under whose backing and
money? Obviously, there is covert backing by Pakistan for these individuals and
groups and that’s the reason they keep barking like mad dogs on every issue.
Mehbooba furthers asks “Would a Muslim majority state
want to stay with you (India)”? Not wanting to be left out, the other
brainless Kashmiri Pappu says “Terrorists are not such
big threats but those wanting to abolish 370 are”. These guys really
thought they were running their own private kingdom to be talking such nonsense
and issuing such treats:
The removal of 370 is important for multiple reasons. First and foremost, it will end the fiefdoms and
blackmail by anti-India forces like the Abdullahs and Muftis. And apart from
the other attributes like uniting fully with India and enabling free movement
of people and work opportunities, I see the following as key outcomes:
# The maniacal nonsense of
“Azaadi” will slowly stop not only
in Kashmir but across other places in India. 370 gave them “imaginary power” of thinking they can
secede from India with Pakistani help.
# Economic progress in the
region will stop the temptation of those wanting to pick up arms.
# Terrorists still floating
around have got the clear message that India is neither going to negotiate nor
move back. It has made their mission all the more impossible to accomplish.
# Apart from the
terrorists, a clear message will go to the “Terror support service” providers in media, NGOs and politics that
they can no more profit from their criminal enterprise of stoking Kashmir
unrest and supporting terrorists.
There are those who are
still trying a last-minute attempt to thwart the abolishment of 370 and rake up
legal aspects. Their entire “WhatsApp”
organisation has been busy trying to figure out if they can get the
judiciary to block the removal of 370. They will get more money in their
attempt to do so but if they attempt some “misadventure” it will the be the
last Kashmir battle that they will ever fight. One can understand their
desperation and their plight. A huge investment in them in the last two decades
by anti-India forces is now going to the gutter. Barkha Dutt and Prashant
Bhushan are almost in a “Synchronised
Swimming” costume on 370:
While the BJP has promised
to remove 370 in its manifestos from its Vajpayee days, every credit must go to
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah for finally making it happen. In the final count,
it did not any magic other than a bit of courage to do it. And this courageous
move wouldn’t be a politically unpopular one as most other courageous moves
are.
There is also a question of
timing it. Maybe there were already planning it but push had come to shove. Since ModiSarkar 2.0 came in, the last
two months have not exactly rosy for them. Muslim appeasement had made Hindus angry;
the economy is not exactly in flowery health and the Budget too turned out limp
and did not make any great waves. In reality, the Budget has invited sharp
criticism from every quarter. Elections are looming in some states. Thus,
ModiSarkar did need something to boost national sentiments and 370 would do the
job for now. Besides, if not for the removal of 370 Modi didn’t have anything
really dramatic to brag about in his August
15 speech. It can now go down as an I-Day gift that he can and will claim.
Either way, Kashmir has
long been used as a “business” by all the powerful people and entities. From
terrorists to the Abdullahs to Muftis to Congress to Sickulars to NGOs to
criminal lawyers – everyone had a hand
in the Cookie-Jar. Everyone had a cut from the phenomenal investment by
anti-India forces in Kashmir. Everyone profited. The removal of 370 makes any
more business ventures of anti-India forces in Kashmir all the more difficult:
There cannot be any more
talks. There are other outcomes of this move that are not being discussed in
media or elsewhere. The removal of 370
is a clear warning to some other states not to attempt any secessionist moves.
There are groups like Khalistanis
lurking in the shadows. There are other groups like PFI lurking in Kerala, TN
and even in Jharkhand. The Central govt will not get another big majority again
as it did this year. The opportunity to finish off all anti-India groups is
this term. The pressure, though, on ModiSarkar will return on many other issues
promised in the BJP manifesto. For now, the removal of Article 370, the
bifurcation of JK into two Union Territories ends the rule of profiteers and
anti-nationals.
