Bhim pleads for Reorganization of J&K Delhi Round Table Conference on Telangana Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party and Member of National Integration Council while addressing a conclave of several political parties and the civil society in V.K. Krishna Menon Hall, New Delhi expressed full support to and solidarity with the people of Telangana in their persistence demand for Telangana Statehood. Several political parties and members of Parliament participated in one-day Round Table Conference in support of Telangana State. Prof. Bhim Singh said that 60% of the so-called K-issue shall be resolved if the State is reorganized on the basis of cultural, linguistic and geographical identity. He said that residents of Ladakh, Askardu and Gilgit have a separate identity and geographical boundaries. This region was annexed with the Indian State of J&K between 1836 and 1856 under the leadership of great Dogra General Zorawar Singh, General Baaz Singh and others. This was a greatest military achievement of the Dogras in the middle of 19th century. He said that historians have been writing the history whereas the Dogras wrote geography of Bharata with their sacrifices and blood. He said Kashmir was integral part of Bharata for thousands of years whereas Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan were brought under the map of India in the middle of 19th century by the sacrifices of the Dogras. He further said that the present State of J&K was established by the Dogras in that situation. Today, the world history has changed and it is important that ‘unnatural’ and ‘heterogeneous’ formation of State is rectified within the meaning of scope of Article 370. The Parliament of India, he suggested, should have reorganized J&K so that the Ladakhies, the Kashmiries and the Dogras could have a state of their own for the protection and preservation of their cultural, geographical and ethnic identities. He argued that J&K needs a Dogra Pahari Himalayan State, the Ladakhies need a state of their own whereas the Kashmiries should have a state to protect the grandeur of their Kashmiriyat. The Dogra-Pahari culture has to be developed and protected under the Constitution. He maintained that the resolution all the problems of J&K lies in establishing all the three constituents with separate legislature, budget, recruitment etc. Arguing strongly for the Reorganization of the State Prof. Bhim Singh said that the national political parties have lost their relevance in the state rather some of them have been working as a tool of local corrupt and unwanted political groups only to add to the loot and corruption in the state. Prof. Bhim Singh expressed regrets on the role of the Parliament vis-à-vis the Reorganization of several states in the country in the light of the demands of the people. He accused the Central parties for playing in the hands of local leadership. He pointed out that J&K is the only state in the country where Delimitation was not held for the past 25 years and there is no hope for a Delimitation in the next 25 years. This is done only to please and appease one outdated corrupt and anti-political party which has been ruling with the help of the Congress as its crutches.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:22:43 +0000
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