Jammu, Aug 14 (KNS): Highlighting challenging role of National Conference in prevailing volatile and most unfortunate situation in Kashmir Valley, Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Sunday urged the Centre to immediately come up with a political road map, acceptable to all stakeholders.
“The Centre must appreciate internal and external dimensions of the issues pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir”, Rana said while addressing party functionaries at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here, adding that patch-work, jingoism or rhetoric have potential of further vitiating the atmosphere that can make the region flashpoint for military conflict and eventual disaster.
The situation, he said, calls for sagacious and cautious approach, lest the subcontinent will be consumed by military confrontation.
“Sooner the wisdom dawns upon the Centre to work out an acceptable political roadmap better it is for the larger interest of peace, progress and unity of the country as also this sensitive state, which is undergoing history’s most traumatic phase under the anti-people PDP-BJP dispensation”, Rana said in a statement to KNS.
The Provincial President decried non-challant attitude of the Centre in ending the crisis, asking whether disturbed Kashmir is politically expedient for the BJP to hide its failures. Also, he suspected a hidden agenda in allowing Kashmir to fester in view of upcoming UP elections and referred to his earlier apprehensions about the Valley being made a hate-theatre. “If the situation is allowed to get drifted and aggravated due to political motivations, the costs could be far heavier for national integration”, he said, wondering as to why painful Kashmir is not a national priority.
Rana also expressed concern over disturbances engulfing other parts of the State and cautioned the people to remain vigilant against divisive forces, who have vested interest in flaring up passions in Jammu. “Failure in governance can manifest in generating hate and creating wedge between different sections of society”, he feared and asserted that National Conference will not allow such a situation to arise.
National Conference, he said treats Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh as vital limbs of its body physique and if one part gets hurt, the pain is felt by the entire body with same intensity.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“This may perhaps not be understood by those making jugglery of words on Ïnsaanyat, Jamhooriyat and Kashmiriyat, which Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah believed all his life, nurtured and practiced, especially during most testing times of history.
The Provincial President said National Conference cannot remain mute spectator to worsening situation and will continue to strive for peace and dignity of the people. He expressed solidarity with all those who suffered during the past over one month and said entire Jammu and Kashmir is feeling the pain of the Valley.
Rana also condemned the grenade blast in Poonch, saying such acts will not deter the resolve of people in maintaining peace and harmony in the state.
Speaking on the occasion, State Vice President Rattan Lal Gupta blamed the PDP-BJP coalition government in totally and miserably failing in controlling the situation, as a result of which the number of deaths are increasing with each passing day and young people getting injured.
Dwelling upon the genesis of problems in Kashmir, State Vice President Th Kashmira Singh said that there seems no end to sufferings of the people, mainly due to naivety of the insensitive state government and political expediency of the Centre.
Provincial Youth National Conference President Ajaz Jan condemned the blast in Poonch and urged the people to maintain harmony. He also expressed concern over shelling from across the border, saying this has instilled fear among the border dwellers.
Jan called for coordinated efforts in mitigating the suffering of border people due to fear psychosis.
Former minister and Chairman OBC/SC Wing Babu Rampal said assailed the PDP-BJP dispensation for failing on all fronts, saying governance is at the lowest ebb as of now. He urged the people to appreciate the crucial importance of peace and unity at this critical juncture, as the frustrated coalition may attempt to polarize the situation to hide its failures.
Former Legislators Haji Mohammad Hussain, Qazi Jalal-ud-Din and Bimla Luthra besides Ch Haroon, Jugal Mahajan, Dharamveer Singh Jamwal, Satwant Kour Dogra, Abdul Gani Teli, Vijay Lochan and Anil Dhar also addressed the meeting. (KNS)