[Reader-list] The Land Deal in Kashmir

[Lalit Ambardar]

It is very unfortunate that the learned professors & others have chosen to support the brazen intolerance that was exhibited in the streets of Srinagar over the propaganda of cultural invasion & demographic change to oppose the transfer of a mere 100 acres of land for the purpose of development of temporary facilities for the pilgrims along the arduous Amarnth pilgrimage route. J & K continues to be a single entity & Kashmiri Pandits though in 19th year of their forced exile from the valley & the people of jammu can not be denied justice to please & pamper  those who believe & declare publicly 'azadi bara e Islam' .
 
With due regards to all the professors & other signatories of the irresponsible statement 
LA
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> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:16:07 +0530> From: waliarifi3 at gmail.com> To: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: [Reader-list] The Land Deal in Kashmir> > 9TH September 2008> > > > PRESS STATEMENT> > The Land Deal in Kashmir:> > A Dangerous Surrender to the Jammu Agitators> > > > We the undersigned academics, and others express grave concern> at how the dispute over grant of land to the Amarnath Board in Kashmir is> being handled by our political authorities. Over four weeks the agitators in> Jammu were allowed by the administration to impose a blockade of Kashmir,> which, despite official denials practically continued till the end of> August. Those whom Mr LK Advani and others call "nationalists", committed> crime, arson and mayhem in Jammu, while waving the national flag. They have> themselves proved to the most effective separatists since they entirely> separated Kashmir from the rest of the country, and tried to starve out the> people of the very area they are never tired of pronouncing an integral part> of India. By allowing them to do so and by making concession after> concession to them the Government of India cannot escape the stigma of> colluding with them. When on the other hand, driven to desperation, the> people of Kashmir valley protested against the blockade, as many as forty> persons were shot dead by the military, para-military and police forces. In> the talks with the Jammu agitators through an all-party delegation headed by> the Home Minister, the agitators secured the exclusion of the> representatives of the Kashmir parties (PDP and NC) despite an invitation> issued to them. No compensation for those killed and injured by army and> police firings in the Kashmir valley has been so far announced, in contrast> to what was done swiftly in Jammu. And now the final act of collusion with> the Jammu agitators has taken place, by the revocation of the Governor's own> order of 29 June and the re-allotment of the 800 kanals of land> "exclusively" to the Amarnath Shrine Board. The agreement was announced at a> "joint" press conference of the Governor's representative and the Jammu> agitators on 31 August. The deal's details made it clear that limitation to> "the duration of yatra" is a mere formality, since no power is given to the> Government of Jammu and Kashmir over how the Shrine Board deals with the> land "from time to time". It is also clear that the special concessions,> under paras 9 and 10 of the agreement, about withdrawal of cases and> compensation to agitators are confined to Jammu and not made applicable to> the Kashmir Division.> > No persons sincerely interested in opposing the movement for Kashmir's> secession can support this deal, which is naturally seen in Kashmir as an> unjust and provocative act. If we wish to retain Kashmir as part of our> country we should stop treating the Kashmiri people as aliens and let them> decide what to do with their land. We therefore call upon all> fellow-citizens to join us in demanding a revocation of the deal and the> establishment of a proper rule of law in the whole State of Jammu and> Kashmir.> > Professor R.S. Sharma (Patna)> > Professor Suvira Jaiswal (Hyderabad)> > Professor Keshavan Veluthat (Mangalore)> > Professor R.L. Shukla (Delhi)> > Professor Irfan Habib (Aligarh)> > Professor H.C. Satyarthi (Muzaffarpur)> > Professor Shireen Moo svi (Aligarh)> > Professor D.N. Jha (Delhi)> > Professor Pradeep Saxena (Aligarh)> > Professor Iqtidar Alam Khan (Aligarh)> > Dr Ramesh Rawat (Aligarh)> > Professor Sayera I. Habib (Aligarh)> > Dr Prabhat Shukla (New Delhi)> > Dr S. Ali Nadeem Rezavi (Aligarh)> > Professor Rajan Gurukkal (Mangalore)> > Dr Shamim Akhtar (Aligarh)> > > > Released by> > > > IRFAN HABIB> > Professor Emeritus, AMU> _________________________________________> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
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