09-01-2008, 05:43 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Boost for nationalist forces, PDP looks for a place to hide </b>
Pioneer.com
Kumar Uttam | New Delhi
The nationalist forces got a major boost in Jammu and Kashmir with Sunday's accord over the Amarnath land issue -- a controversy which eventually turned out to be a battle between separatists and the others. And, the first-of-its-kind of polarisation of social and political outfits has finally seen separatist voices being overruled by nationalist opinion.
The two-month-long movement has not only isolated the separatists but also the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which did not waste time in whipping up "communal and regional sentiments" ahead of the crucial Assembly elections. The PDP was quick to denounce the eagerly-awaited agreement as "unilateral" and said it "did not take care" of the sensitivity of the majority community.
In a release issued in Srinagar, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti said any decision on the matter should have been taken only through consensus.
"The Jammu appeasement policy will increase the alienation of the Kashmiris," she said. Her agony has its genesis in the severe blow her party suffered in Jammu and adjoining districts with the PDP leaders and office bearers resigning en masse following her stand on the Amarnath land row. Jammu and adjoining areas account for more than 35 Assembly seats.
Mehbooba Mufti and her party would now depend heavily on support from separatists and similar elements in the Valley to remain the "kingmaker" after the next Assembly polls.
The separatists were, on expected lines, towing her stand. The coordination committee of the separatist outfits came out with a statement in Srinagar, saying, "Although the land issue has no importance for us at the moment, we reject the agreement."
But so fierce had been the mass movement in Jammu that Farooq Abdullah, whose National Conference was against allotment of land to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board, had to welcome the agreement as "a very good sign".
<b>"I see it as a very good sign. The hatred that was developing between communities in the State has come to an amicable end," said Abdullah, whose party hopes to return to power in the State.</b>
<b>Politically, the Jammu agitation would benefit the BJP the most. The party, which has just one MLA in the State, had openly supported the "mass movement" and is believed to have won new sympathisers. The party's grip over Jammu city and adjoining areas is firmer than before and it expected to translate into electoral gains in the forthcoming Assembly elections.</b>
However, senior BJP leader LK Advani said the (Amarnath) issue should be recognised in "its true form". <b>Advani told reporters here that he had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that it was "not a Hindu versus Muslim issue, not Jammu versus Kashmir... It is surrender to the pressure of separatists".</b>
<b>"And, therefore, when the Prime Minister wrote to me that he agreed with this analysis and also stated firmly that under no circumstances will the Government take a decision under pressure from separatists, I felt satisfied that now we will reach a solution," Advani said</b>.
RSS chief KS Sudarshan also welcomed the agreement reached over the Amarnath land row, which had disturbed the peace in the Valley for over two months. "Sudarshan has welcomed the agreement, which allows the shrine board to make temporary use of 40 hectares in Kashmir during the yatra period," a release issued in Nagpur said.
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Jammu and Delhi residence should be very very carefull because now they will be soft target of Indian Muslim.
Pioneer.com
Kumar Uttam | New Delhi
The nationalist forces got a major boost in Jammu and Kashmir with Sunday's accord over the Amarnath land issue -- a controversy which eventually turned out to be a battle between separatists and the others. And, the first-of-its-kind of polarisation of social and political outfits has finally seen separatist voices being overruled by nationalist opinion.
The two-month-long movement has not only isolated the separatists but also the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which did not waste time in whipping up "communal and regional sentiments" ahead of the crucial Assembly elections. The PDP was quick to denounce the eagerly-awaited agreement as "unilateral" and said it "did not take care" of the sensitivity of the majority community.
In a release issued in Srinagar, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti said any decision on the matter should have been taken only through consensus.
"The Jammu appeasement policy will increase the alienation of the Kashmiris," she said. Her agony has its genesis in the severe blow her party suffered in Jammu and adjoining districts with the PDP leaders and office bearers resigning en masse following her stand on the Amarnath land row. Jammu and adjoining areas account for more than 35 Assembly seats.
Mehbooba Mufti and her party would now depend heavily on support from separatists and similar elements in the Valley to remain the "kingmaker" after the next Assembly polls.
The separatists were, on expected lines, towing her stand. The coordination committee of the separatist outfits came out with a statement in Srinagar, saying, "Although the land issue has no importance for us at the moment, we reject the agreement."
But so fierce had been the mass movement in Jammu that Farooq Abdullah, whose National Conference was against allotment of land to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board, had to welcome the agreement as "a very good sign".
<b>"I see it as a very good sign. The hatred that was developing between communities in the State has come to an amicable end," said Abdullah, whose party hopes to return to power in the State.</b>
<b>Politically, the Jammu agitation would benefit the BJP the most. The party, which has just one MLA in the State, had openly supported the "mass movement" and is believed to have won new sympathisers. The party's grip over Jammu city and adjoining areas is firmer than before and it expected to translate into electoral gains in the forthcoming Assembly elections.</b>
However, senior BJP leader LK Advani said the (Amarnath) issue should be recognised in "its true form". <b>Advani told reporters here that he had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that it was "not a Hindu versus Muslim issue, not Jammu versus Kashmir... It is surrender to the pressure of separatists".</b>
<b>"And, therefore, when the Prime Minister wrote to me that he agreed with this analysis and also stated firmly that under no circumstances will the Government take a decision under pressure from separatists, I felt satisfied that now we will reach a solution," Advani said</b>.
RSS chief KS Sudarshan also welcomed the agreement reached over the Amarnath land row, which had disturbed the peace in the Valley for over two months. "Sudarshan has welcomed the agreement, which allows the shrine board to make temporary use of 40 hectares in Kashmir during the yatra period," a release issued in Nagpur said.
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Jammu and Delhi residence should be very very carefull because now they will be soft target of Indian Muslim.