he decision of Government of India to delink the action against terrorism from Indo-Pak dialogue has come at a time when a dangerous cocktail of militant Jihad and Intfiada has emerged in Kashmir Valley and Indian Sovereignty on Kashmir is being lampooned and put to ridicule with impunity.
Addressing a joint press conference senior leaders of the Panun Kashmir comprising Dr. Ajay Chrungoo, Chairman PK, Dr. MK Teng, Chairman PK Advisory, Prof. BL Fotedar, Member PK Advisory, ON Trisal, presient ASKPC and Kuldeep Raina, General Secretary said that this decision had once again legitimized terrorism and perpetuation of Jihad against India. At a time when Pakistan’s outlook about India was coming under critical scanner the decision will help Pakistan to preserve its Kashmir policy to the detriment of only Indian Integrity and interests. They further said that situation has assumed a highly demoralizing import when those at the helm in Delhi have admitted that some sort of final settlement had almost been arrived at with Pakistan. Does this so-called settlement have the concurrence of the Union Cabinet and the parliament of India, they asked? Has its contours been ever discussed and deliberated upon amongst mainstream political parties and put before the nation? Dr. Ajay Chrungoo Chairman Panun Kashmir, Dr. MK. Teng, Chairman PK Advisory further questioned whether it is not a shame that anybody and everybody of consequence in Pakistan seems to be knowning about the contours of this so called settlement except the people of India. If what former Pak President, Pervez Musharraf has revealed, are the contours of this settlement, then it is easy to infer that India has eventually accepted a variant of Dixon formula to divide Jammu and Kashmir along the Chenab. If what is being reveled about the settlement is true then it means that those at the helm have now agreed to a dejure Muslim State or State on the territory of India.
We are not at all assured by the utterances of those at the helm that the settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be a non-territorial one, PK leaders said. In fact we are forced to ask Government of India what is the structure of this ‘non’ territorial settlement?
It is our firm belief that if India concedes anything in the areas which fall in the realm of the interests of its ideology of secular nation building and civilization then territorial integrity will be jeopardized critically, they said and added It is our firm conviction that a nation, which cannot protect its national outlook and civilisational interests eventually concedes its territory.
Panun Kashmir warned that accepting shared sovereignty on any art of India will only wreck the national sovereignty on that part. PK also warned that facilitating the creating of ‘porous borders’ will eventually undermine the national commitment to defend the borders.
Panun Kashmir appeals to none-other than Prime Minster of India to set all the serious doubts which have risen about Indo-Pak peace process to rest and reassure the nation about the commitment of the Government of India to protect the integrity, sovereignty and ideology of Indian nation.
Panun Kashmir again rejects the Dixon proposal and its variants like greater autonomy, self rule or Mushraff formula.
Panun Kashmir reiterates that creation of Panun Kashmir north and east of river Jhelum with a Union Territory Status for rehabilitation of displaced Kashmir Hindus has become an imperative necessity not only for the survival of Kashmiri Hindus but also for integrity of the country, PK leaders said.
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Raman Raina is Shehjar's Chief Photo Journalist based in Jammi, India.