To Trust PAGD is Suicidal Mr. Prime Minister : Lalit K Kaul

 

To Trust PAGD is Suicidal Mr. Prime Minister

Lalit K Kaul

History of a place has its variants like, 1) Documented History, 2) History of experiences and 3) History as conveyed through word of mouth. First one can be biased because the historian may have certain political inclinations, but the last two are factual unbiased versions of what indeed the people experienced and were conveyed to them through word of mouth down the generations.

Politicians are inclined to narrate the history in the way that serves their political interests and therefore their version(s) cannot be trusted with. The people of erstwhile state of J&K have been the victims of distorted history as publicly narrated day in and day out by their depraved leadership; the costs of which are impossible to estimate. The J&K society stands communally divided and traumatized the reasons for which are too well known to be once again narrated here, yet a few points are in order.

History as per Experience: 

Historians may be intellectuals and/or the qualified ones to document history, but an ordinary citizen only speaks his/her heart out while narrating the history as experienced. In the sequel is recorded history as experiences of an ordinary citizen.

Every political scientist/ commentator lauded Sheikh Indira Accord of 1974 as it was flaunted as the ultimate answer to the question of J&K that the JKNC, under the leadership of Sheikh Abdullah, had been raising since early days of Indian independence. All that garbage must have got documented in the written text of the so called history by ever busy historians who make fortunes by publishing books.

What was Sheikh’s Intent? 

No historian could have documented his intent as he would not have made it public to them. Yet the ordinary citizens knew all about it. How? It was directly from the Horses’ mouth that the author also came to know about it.

Mirza Mohd. Afzal Beg was known to be the brain behind Sheikh, but post the Accord Sheikh had become wiser than Mirza. Mirza suggested to Sheikh ,”Now that you have once again captured power why don’t we restart from where we were forced to leave our agenda in 1953?”. The Sheikh replied, “1974 is not pre 1953 that I give a call and thousands come out on to the streets. Today people are earning handsome daily wages that they did not in those times and therefore why would they forego their incomes to attend to my call. No, it won’t work”. “So what’s the plan”, Mirza inquired. Sheikh replied,” Wait & Watch”

After Sheikh had got confidently seated in the chair of the CM and had taken charge of the day to day affairs, a group of unemployed educated youth sought a meeting with him and the same was readily granted to them. Prior to the said meeting, the educated unemployed had lodged protests by the way of driving autos/ horse carts, selling vegetables, pakodas, fried fish and fruits etc, while displaying their qualifications. Their ways of protests were highly appreciated by the people as these were very peaceful and dignified.

The planned meeting took place and Sheikh in presence of Mirza told the representatives of the unemployed youth ,”This is not the time to ask for jobs; it’s time to prepare for Jihad – the final war against the Indian State. All have to prepare for it”. Mirza was astounded and was rendered speechless. Sheikh always addressed Indian political leadership as “Dhoti Prasads”  that displayed absolute contempt he had for them and down the generations the tradition was (and continues to be) carried out in letter and spirit.

The Seeds for Secessionist Movement were sown in 1971:

In fact the preparations for Jihad had started in the aftermath of 1971 war that created B’desh; it got the real impetus after Sheikh was reinstated as the ruler of the erstwhile J&K state, while the historians would tell the gullible that rising in revolt against the Indian State in 1990 was a spontaneous event and the reasons for which were unfair elections and all the jobs devoured by the Pandits. George Fernandez and the Communists including Muslim leadership blamed Pandits for the uprising as, according to them, they had usurped all the jobs rendering Muslims jobless! The depraved and ignorant politicians outside of the erstwhile state only provided more vigour to the secessionist movement that had its roots in the creation of B’desh. 

To narrate in brief: Ghulam Mohd Bhat, Senior Gasman in Senior Chemistry Lab in S P College Srinagar, where the author studied up to B Sc told the author,” I am happy that you have left Kashmir for higher studies and am advising you not to return to Kashmir for job.” “Why”, the author asked. Bhat replied,” there is going to be blood bath in the Valley. The Pandits shall be forced in to exile else they will be asked to adopt Islam. The preparations are already going on as we have to avenge B’desh”. Mr Bhat and the author had very good relationship at the family level as the father of the author was Professor of Chemistry in S P College. The year was 1971 and it was his first conversation on the issue with the author. From ’71 to ’88, every time  we met, Mr, Bhat would convey the same message to the author while being happy at the thought that me & my family won’t be a victim of the carnage. Mr. Bhat was affiliated to Jamait e Islami and was a good family friend of ours! He was like a family member for us and last time the author and his family had lunch at Mr. Bhat’s house was in 1988. Thereafter, the author was never to visit the Valley!

The BJP finds a Messiah!

When the Pandits were made to flee their homes in 1990, under the banner of Islam, to become slum dwellers overnight; the Home Minister was Mufti Mohd Sayeed. Even a Jihadi of the highest order knew and acknowledged that it was the HM who had got his daughter kidnapped to help distribution of arms and ammunitions across the Valley; that the HM was the instigator and leader of the riots in 1988/89 and religious places of Pandits were destroyed under his leadership, this fact was on everybody’s lips transcending all religious barriers. With all this background, the BJP leader – highly respected across the political spectrum- who became the first non Congress party member to become the PM for 5 years declared Mufti Sayeed as the symbol of Kashmiriat! Could there have been a bigger travesty of history and his truth? No. So, the tag of “Dhoti Prasad” stuck more cohesively on the gullible Indian leadership.

His daughter went on the prowl like a tigress in the Lok Sabha declaring her to be an incarnate of Shaheed Bhagat Singh! So, she was to the Indian Union what Bhagat Singh was to British Crown! The grand BJP formed government with PDP in the erstwhile state of J&K thereby legitimizing PDP’s anti national and communal politics in the same way as the INC had for the JKNC.

On the Payrolls of Pakistan:

In the late 50s, in Jammu there was this Mr. Jain who held a very high position in IB. The author is a witness to his statement,” I had crossed over to the other side to collect brief case for Sheikh Sahab”. The author’s father and Mr. Jain were great friends and would meet with each other at least twice a week. There would be periods of long absence on the part of Mr. Jain and on inquiring about it he would answer as mentioned above. The PM was Sri Nehru!

This business of being on payrolls that essentially sustained insurgency in the erstwhile J&K state was accorded respectability by the singular incongruous act of the GOI that provided security cover to the secessionists! Bharat Mata Ki Jai & Vande Matram!

Invitation to PAGD is Repeat of 1974: 

The decision of PAGD to attend the meeting called by the PM is not a pointer towards their having accepted abrogation of (nonexistent) Article 370 and 35 A. They, for sure, are attending the meeting to convey its internal discussions to their masters in Pakistan who would then create some noises in the international forums for the sake of feeding their internal political requirements. Pak media is already making lot of noise about the J&K related meetings in our country. That they have the permission from their Pakistani masters for attending the meeting, is a very simple assessment to make.

They are not going to abide by what they would agree to in the meeting, like their ancestors who always played a double game. These depraved politicians are brilliant enough to exploit the meeting outcome to their advantage and go on the offensive for misleading the people in an attempt to create distrust and turmoil in the society.

The BJP leadership may learn from the history and not lose sight of the fact that it’s the antecedents of a person that define him/her. To judge one today, antecedents play a very important role. The antecedents of PAGD are: 1) anti national, 2) anti social, 3) rabidly communal and 4) don’t believe in empowering people.

Other Alternatives: 

The youth in J&K have thrown up some alternatives by 1) engaging themselves in social work, 2) founding a new political party, 3) by fielding candidates as independents in the local body elections and wherein they have attained impressive successes.

The GOI and its political leadership need to talk to these youth who have seen and experienced 30 dark years of their lives and in order to salvage their society & rebuild it from its remains have come up with initiatives as detailed above.

It is their aspirations and their vision for a new J&K not enslaved to Pak through currency receipts that should be given an ear to and accordingly plan for the future of J&K.

 The fossils have become irrelevant as they have lost most of their base and the political vacuum is sought to be filled by the untainted youth. The GOI should talk to the youth.

Salvation of the people of J&K lies in dumping PAGD to the dustbin of History. Let history not repeat itself.