On December 1, Just about a week before the news of this petition came out in a very small section of the media, the BJP’s PM designate, Narendra Modi, speaking at a huge public rally in Jammu choose a striking example to illustrate precisely this grave gender bias in the J&K state law: The J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s very own sister, Sara, does not enjoy the same legal rights in J&K as Omar[3]. In doing so, Modi brought back onto the centre stage of political discourse yet another saga of Nehruvian blunder that has been exacting a heavy price in men and material from the Indian nation for the last six decades. A riled Omar immediately hit out at Modi in a series of Twitter posts, in one of which (see below) he virtually labelled Modi a liar. For all his indignant protestations, however, it is Omar who has placed himself on the wrong side of the truth. Sara is married to the Congress politician, Sachin Pilot[4], who is not a resident of Jammu and Kashmir. This mere fact of her marriage to a non-resident of J&K means that her children cannot inherit her property or buy property in J&K, nor get government jobs or seats in educational institutions in the state of J&K. Omar too married an outsider, Payal Nath (they separated recently after 17 years of marriage)[5]. However, his children suffer no such legal disadvantage, only because Omar is male -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Such blatant discrimination against women is befitting for a place like say Saudi Arabia but not for India a socialist, secular democracy. What is infuriating is , even though facts are there open and clear, yet the media in cahoot with self serving politicians like Omar Abdullah, chooses to lie through its teeth , calling Modis statement as goof up and gaffe. I do not think there was any retraction either even now from the worthless worthies of crooked media eminences. What is truly amazing is, still we cannot get over it, is the unparalleled way Narendra Modi triumphed almost single handed over the forces arrayed against him from both with in the party and outside of it , the media,then ruling UPA and of course against likes of J&K CM, Omar Abdullah. We do not see any parallel for such victory in recent political history but have to go back further . On Vijayadasami day more than 5000 years back, Arjuna, single handed trounced all the forces of Kauravas arrayed against him. Narendra Modi should not hesitate and make progress further, throwing the odious article 370 into dustbin and liberate Jammu and Kashmir from being an exclusive preserve of likes of Abdullahs, separatists and such, and make it truly an integral part of India. timesofindia.indiatimes/india/What-is-Article-370/articleshow/26780057.cms
Posted on: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:11:13 +0000
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