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Mirs are hot in the news these
days. Hassan Mir for shaking the very foundations of Mufti’s bastion and Ahmed
Mir and Ashraf Mir for painting coal tar on the face of Congress and
police respectively by being named as accused in the notorious flesh
trade racket. However, my topic of discussion right now is PDP and its
rebel leader Ghulam Hassan Mir who claims himself as not only the founder
member of the party, but also as its real face. He is in the news ever
since his ‘Shagird’ as he claims was made the Deputy Chief
Minister against his wishes. His revolt on this account made him popular within
the party because like him many others did not like Baig being the blue
eyed boy of the party high command due to his autocratic style of
functioning. According to them, he does not mix-up with the party
workers. To avoid them he makes use of his migraine syndrome. And if
somebody is lucky to have his ‘darshans’, he is bound to curse the
moment he was given the appointment because the insult that he had to
pocket during the meeting would not be forgettable. And for this also,
Baig would very cleverly blame his ‘head ache’. “I lose temper when-ever I am under the attack”.
On the other hand, Mir is a thorough public man. He has reached his
present position after traversing a long distance of political journey.
He is from the grass root level and feels happy to be among the workers.
Certainly, he is more valuable for PDP, than Mr. Baig has been. Had this
not been the case, Mufti Sayeed wouldn’t have been trying to go for a
truce with Mir immediately after he was expelled from PDP for his
‘anti-party’ activities. Today, Mir is a force to reckon with. He has a
fairly good number of original party workers with him besides being
supported by many legislators, which proves that the party high command
cannot afford any confrontation with him. Time has come when Muftis will
have to choose between genuine and self styled leaders. If they decide to
own Mir, they will have to leave arrogant men like Baig and if they
decide otherwise, they will have to meet a waterloo, which the party
cannot afford. Unlike his daughter, Mufti Sayeed is a seasoned
politician. He has already seen the writing on the wall though Mehbooba
is still adamant. How he plays his cards only time will tell, but one
thing is sure to say that PDP is going to face a turbulent time waiting
for her if Mufti Sayeed does not exert and Mehbooba does not change.
Where vigilance and corruption
go together
By -Arun Jamwal
Experts claim that corruption
and anti-corruption cannot go together, but in case of Jammu and Kashmir,
the saying holds no good. What holds good here is the saying ‘Choor Pe
Moor’ that fits into the bill perhaps in the most accurate manner.
Crime is allowed to prosper first and then noose
tightened around the culprit to squeeze him of whatever he has looted
from others throughout his service career. Attachment of Girdawar’s
Property in Udhampur being the latest example of that.
Reportedly, the said Girdawar had amassed
property worth crores of rupees by using ( misusing) his official
position. True, but what had the Vigilance Organisation been doing till
the man became rich by owning illegal property worth crores and was the
game of ‘Choor Pe Moor’ not going on between the said Girdawar and
the Vigilance sleuths? These are some questions that lurk in the minds of
common people confirming thereby that in their eyes the Vigilance itself
is neck deep in the loot process and that it is not an organization of
honest men and women.
Any way, if the Vigilance Organisation has
finally nabbed the culprit their action must be appreciated, but how many years it would
require to nab thousands of such culprits who have been playing havoc
with the economy and social system of the Nation?
Take for example the ever deteriorating economy
of the Power Development Department. The use of Power is more than what
the amount of revenue is realized. But who is to be blamed for it except
the department itself? If you want to install an AC to beat the scorching
heat in a legal manner, you are handed over a long list of formalities to
be observed. But if you approach the authorities (the lowest one in the
hierarcy) for installing it ‘privately’ you can get the job done within
hours. Not only this, you are given a benefit of fifty percent discount
also. Certainly, the practice does not go ahead without the connivance of
the officers. Everybody including the Vigilance Organization sleuths
knows this, but they have also to install ACs at concessional rates!
Our legal system is also not very effective. It
is more eager to give benefit of doubt to the culprit rather than to
punish him. The lengthy process ensures that justice delayed is justice
denied. The law breakers are well aware of these weaknesses and therefore
make their full use to avoid a possible sentence.
Time has proved that corrupt and the anticorruption
sleuths are chips of the same block. They are rather complementary to
each other and therefore cannot survive without each other. The only
effective thing to burst the ugly nexus is the legal system. Unless it is
given a new shape, the ugly game of Chor Sepoy will continue and the
number of corrupt will go on an ever increasing spree.
Opposing Save
Doda Campaign
By Sudhir Rathore
Doda is a militancy infested
and communally sensitive district. The ratio of population between Hindus
and Muslims being almost fifty: fifty, both the communities are
aggressive against each other though they exhibit extreme solidarity when
they are outside the district. Muslims by and large are influenced by
Azad Kashmir Radio and Pak TV whereas Hindus are sworn Indians. The
conflict of ideology can therefore be often seen with sporadic clashes in
schools and colleges. The on going militancy has added vigor to the
conflict with militants supporting the anti-national element ensuring
‘victory’ of their supporters at the gun point. But the nationalists too have proved themselves
as hard nuts to crack and it may be because of this fact that despite
massacre after massacre of minority community members at the hands of
militants, they have refused to leave their birth place though some stray
cases of migration have taken place.
The situation has been politically harvested
particularly by BJP whose vote bank has considerably increased not only
in the disturbed district, but throughout the country where it emerged as
largest party in 2000. The unexpected victory can justifiably be
attributed to BJP’s save Doda campaign that it had launched when
militancy was at its peak during mid nineties. The party is once again
trying to create similar situation by highlighting the recent massacre of
over 35 innocent people belonging to minority community in far off,
Kulhand area of Doda. How far BJP succeeds in repeating the history only
time will tell, but militants have provided them an opportunity to reap
political gain let there be no doubt about that.
Realizing the sensitivity of the issue, the so
called secular parties have joined hands to oppose BJP’s recently
launched Save Doda campaign terming it divisive and communal. But how far
they are justified, that needs to have a thorough study.
In Doda, there still exist some areas where
Hindus are not allowed to perform their rituals in their traditional way.
Even when gruesome massacres of minority community members are done by
the militants, the members of the majority community not only keep mum,
but also celebrate the blood shed privately. The brotherhood of the so
called secularists touches climax when militants are killed while
crossing the LoC, the houses of the minority community are targeted. Why?
Do the so called secularists have any answer?
In the wake of the recent mass killing in
Kulhand, some members of the minority community were sitting on a protest
Dharna demanding security for them, which is their fundamental
right. But instead of sympathizing with them a mob comprising of the so
called peace lovers attacked the processionists and beat them black and
blue. And now, same people are calling for brotherhood! Why this change
of attitude? The so called secularists can better explain.
To me it appears that by organizing ‘peace
rallies’ the antinational element wants to blunt the ‘anger’ of the
affected community by posing themselves as anti militants. They are
opposing the BJP unequivocally because they do not want any body to come
to the rescue of Hindus so that they have no option than to leave their
birth place and leave the hilly district to become a safe sanctuary for
the anti national elements.
The situation is taking an ugly turn. The coming
bloody events have started casting their shadows. The alarm bells are
ringing. Cursing BJP because it is coming to the rescue of the minority
community will not help. The real elements to be cursed are the
hypocrites, the so- called secularists and the politically motivated
soldiers of brotherhood. They are the real enemies of peace, harmony and
brotherhood and not the BJP or the Jamat whose agenda whatsoever it may
be is an open secret.
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