The recent report on toppling the Jammu and Kashmir government by army is a big surprise. We have been familiar with coups around the world and in recent history particularly with our neighbor Pakistan. But, the shocking element in this expose is that it has given credence to what Kashmir people most discuss in dinning room conversation. The role of agencies. An attack on army or even a politician is viewed with suspicion and is generally attributed to agencies. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah being head of the state has not spoken over the issue yet. There could be several reasons why Omar who is quick to express especially on Twitter is still to comment. Internally he must have been aware about this issue as it was detected by the police as well. What could be the reason he is silent since the conspiract was going on since long. Well if we all have observed that whenever any crisis have happened in Kashmir his big rescue team from Delhi arrives in no time. I am not talking about any politicianor people from home ministry. I am referring to the news channels from Delhi and its acclaimed anchors and reporters. From 2008 Kashmir has gone from one crisis to another and we hardly see Omar coming out and sharing his views with local press and reporters. But, he immediately appears on channels based in New Delhi and gives his version of story and how he is dealing with it in a democratic manner. It is his routine and be ready to see him telling his side of the story to a New Delhi based channel soon. Very rarely we see him giving interviews to local media and not to forget the channels he has banned have badly damaged his image. He is keen to answer questions which are asked by people in India but for his own people for whom he claims to be an elected representative he has no such answers. All he has to offer his people are curfews, restrictions and enquires. During these interviews he comes out as a best bet for India in Kashmir. So what if he has to cage a population for weeks and his enquires never complete. His love for New Delhi has made Kashmir suffer. He heads certain things where he cannot even guarantee. His own and his party compulsions have always left Kashmir at the receiving end. People of Kashmir demand an answer from Omar over this latest expose of army trying to topple the government. Let us hope he talks to us this time round!
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:42:20 +0000
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