Only democratic means can solve the issue of Kashmir

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

From past few months, Jammu & Kashmir is on boil. Youths, elders, olds and women all are on roads. Demonstrations and protest is continue. Curfew, direct firing on mobs and killing young boys cannot stop them to come out to face the brutality of security forces.

The number of days is 5 and the numbers of killing are 27. All are killed in police firing. The toll arises every hour. Curfew is continue. Protests and anti-Indian slogans are on. Every killing increases more their anger against India. Jammu & Kashmir is in flame which is not set by terrorists; it is set by dummy government and by security forces.

Politicians, journalists and those writers, who got various awards for speaking truth, are silent on this situation.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has chaired various meetings and discussed on these developments. But the situation is worsening day by day.

Central and state government thinks that they will take the situation in their control by force. There is no question of firing or using forces because those who are demonstrating are unarmed people.

The police and government is treating with the people of Jammu and Kashmir as Israel does against Palestinians in Palestine.

Despite slapping curfews and blocking all ways of exits and entries, there is no sign of returning the situation towards normalcy. The publics are coming out on roads to register their demonstrations against the deaths of innocent youths are being killed in police firing.

Forces, police and CRPF are being placed there to security of the state and for protection of the citizens. If these security forces turn killer instead providing them protections, the finger arises towards them.

How is it democracy that people are not allowed to demonstrate and express their angers? How much youths and young boys have been sacrificed for this brutality?

We called ourselves an advocator of democracy. Our head goes up proudly when we say that we live in world's largest democratic country. How is it democracy which robs the freedom of the citizens who live within us?

How long police will fire the bullets directly on the mobs? How long, we will use excessive forces against unarmed civilians?

If we cannot bring their problems to an end, we never have the rights to murder them. It is said that people of Kashmir wants separation from India, by such killings we are giving the strength to their demands.

It is said proudly that talks and none-violence end all conflicts. Are we spreading none-violence movement in Kashmir? Which kinds of message we would like to send them? Are our political leaders and forces believe that firing on mobs and killing of young boys can bring any kind of success for us?

We claim proudly that we are the protectors of democracy and human rights. So how we can close our eyes and ears from the situation the people of Kashmir have been facing for past few months.

By such brutalities, we are near to lost a state. The people of Kashmir used their democratic rights to live peacefully with us, mishandling the situation and use of force giving them a chance to instigate the separation movement against India.

State and central government have to solve the conflict by democratic means. I hope that central and state governments would consider on this serious issue. Curfew, firing on protestors and using excessive force against civilians cannot be the part of solution.

03-08-2010