Dissenters flay Omar over Ireland remark =>Resistance leadership in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday ridiculed chief minister Omar Abdullah for suggesting that Irish model and Scotland devolution can be an inspiration for future settlement of Kashmir issue. Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani said any solution other than right to self determination is unacceptable to Kashmir people. “No solution which aims at status quo will be acceptable to people of Jammu and Kashmir.” He said former Indian prime minister Jawahir Lal Nehru along with Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah had promised on November 12, 1952, that any solution to the Kashmir issue will be based on political aspirations of the people. He said there are 18 resolutions passed by United Nations on Kashmir issue which stand testimony to the fact that Kashmir issue cannot be solved through any other solution other than the right to self determination. Omar on Monday had said that the state can never be independent and will always remain under Indian sovereignty. But the peace process in Northern Ireland and the devolution in Scotland could inspire a future settlement in which sovereignty is not threatened but you recognize the nationalist sentiment that exists and you evolve that, he was quoted as saying. Omar was referring to a deal in Northern Ireland in 1998 which led to a power-sharing government after prolonged violence and the devolution in Scotland under which Britain created a Scottish Parliament with powers to make laws on a range of issues. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik said the pro India leaders of the state should not say what is beyond their defined mandate. “The state assembly is fragmented. Some say Self Rule, some say Autonomy and now someone says Irish and Scotland models. This is again an effort to dilute the Kashmir issue and the statement has been given to give an impression to West that Kashmiris are a fragmented lot,” Malik said. He said the political mainstream of Jammu and Kashmir has exhibited its powers so far in failing to get Armed Forces Special Powers revoked. “The state Assembly couldn’t save Afzal Guru from gallows while as killers of Rajiv Gandhi were saved by their respective states. The members of this Assembly should not trespass their mandate by making big slogans which are beyond their jurisdiction,” he added. Shabir Shah, president Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) expressed strong resentment over Omar’s statement saying that the chief minister is unaware of the reality of history and geography of Jammu and Kashmir. Shah said that Kashmir had never been a part of India not even geographically. Expressing wonder over Omar’s ‘lack of knowledge and issuing irresponsible remarks, Shah urged the chief minister to go through the map of united India and analyze Jammu and Kashmir well by reading its history so that he may not fall to such misconception that J&K is a natural part of India and that it will not gain freedom. He said Kashmiris never accepted slavery but every time traitors made us so by collaborating with occupiers. History is evident that our own people paved way for Mughals to invade. Pathans, Sikhs and Dogras were also invited by Kashmiris. Those who invited Indians were also Kashmiris. Shah made it clear that now Kashmiris will never fall to the deceit of any nation-seller leader. More than five lakh people have sacrificed their lives for freedom. He said if India can achieve freedom from British, Vietnam can achieve freedom from America, Russia and US can be expelled from Afghanistan, why can’t India be expelled from Kashmir. Shah said the new generation of Kashmir has waken up from centuries old deep slumber. Omar Abdullah can’t make them sleep again at any cost. He said we will continue our struggle till Indian forcible occupation ends in Kashmir. Terming Omar’s statement as open proof of “slavery mindedness”. Asiya Andrabi, chief of Dukhtarn-e-Millat (DeM) out rightly rejected Omar’s statement saying that the chief minister wants to play to galleries for the coming assembly elections. “Omar stands nowhere on ground and want to give people a perception that he has a role in Kashmir issue. But let make him clear that Kashmir could not be solved by his grandfather not to speak of him. Omar has no role in Kashmir issue and better he should understand this reality,” she said.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:46:12 +0000
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