‘Why India does not engage any other country for the resolution of Kashmir’ ‘Musical concert tentamounts to forceful invasion of Kashmir culture’ ‘Spending Crores on Concert wasteful activity’: Former Interlocutor =>Former interlocutor M.M.Ansari Wednesday on record said that if the Western Country can be invited to organize musical concert in Kashmir then why any other country cannot be engaged or invited for the resolution of Kashmir issue. “A Western Country advocating musical concert in Kashmir against the wishes of majority of Kashmiri people tentamounts to forceful invasion of cultural identity of Kashmir,” Ansari told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS adding that he fails to understand what interests Germany has in Kashmir and why it did not organize the musical concert in New Delhi where there are thousands of Western Music lovers. He said whenseparatist leaders like Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Umar Farooq asks India to involve UN for the resolution of Kashmir, he is being criticized. “Now, India has invited Germany to organize musical concert in Kashmir then it should also engage any other country to find the solution of Kashmir problem,” he said. “In a poverty stricken State like Jammu and Kashmir, spending huge amount of Rs 35 Crores is a wasteful activity. The attempt should have been made to spent such amount to empower the youth of Kashmir,” Ansari said. “I think at a time when we are pursuing peace process, we should not do something silly which could hurt the people of Kashmir. People of Kashmir would love Sufi music than Western one. It is better for the government to spend the money on skill development programmes rather than spending on cultural concert,” Ansari said. Former Chief Information Commissioner M.M.Ansari said that there are reports that hefty amount is being spent over the preparations of Zubin Mehta’s 90 minutes Concert. “It would have been better for the government to utilize this amount in the service of the people. Government should utilize this huge amount on some skill development programme or it should use it in education or health sector,” he said. Ansari said that he is unable to grasp the designs and motives of Germany behind this event. He said that New Delhi would have been a far better place for Germany than Kashmir. “People of Delhi are Western music lovers and it is a metro city as well,” he said adding that Zubin Mehta is much popular in New Delhi while in Kashmir nobody knows him. He told CNS that people especially separatist leaders are opposing the Concert because they know it has far-reaching impact. “How far it is right to go against the wishes of the people. This sends a wrong message and by doing so we alienate people of Kashmir. (CNS)
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:55:09 +0000
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