"All
the children of these leaders are tucked away in safe environments in
schools in Malaysia, America, London or India, and poor people's sons
are dying on streets and they are glorifying it. The Kashmiri youth need
to understand and need to ask this question to these leaders if Jihad,
if this gun is so pious why don't you pick it up, why don't your
children pick it up? ”
—Junaid Qureshi, son of Kashmiri separatist leader Hashim Qureshi & Human Rights activist,http://www.aninews.in on July 10, 2016
Burhan Wani was an ideologically
committed militant associated with a terrorist organisation openly in
war against Bharat. A bounty of Rs 10 lakhs was carried on his head. He
effectively used social media to recruit youth in his version of Jihad
so his death was inevitable. His whereabouts came from somebody close to
him and he cried before facing death. What happened after the
elimination of this dreaded youth, along with his two associates, is a
scripted story.
The valley that has a history of unrest on petty
issues erupted in cycle of violence. Stone pelters exhibited their
skills. Security forces were attacked and Hindu-Sikh houses were
ransacked. Temples were desecrated and pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra were
assaulted. The separatists are obviously trying to show their presence
by instigating the common masses. Their masters in Pakistan, as usual,
tried to internationalise the issue. The Hizbul Mujahidin, a terror
outfit Burhan represented, has named the most appropriate successor in
the name of Mahmoud Ghaznavi.
The customary propagators of human
rights toed the Pakistan cum terrorists’ line on the so called
‘extra-judicial’ killing of the ‘mis-guided’ youth. ‘Secular’
intellectuals and the typical celebrity journalists openly started
attacking the security forces for their alleged high handedness. Their
blackening of blatant killings of Kashmiri policemen and making Burhan
Wani a hero, everything is on expected lines.
But, and there is a
big ‘but’ that is worrying Pakistan and its unofficial stooges on this
side of the border. The State and Centre governments are on the same
page. The cross-border infiltration bids are ruthlessly foiled by the
security forces. Tactically, army is taking care of the border, CRPF is
dealing with the armed elements within the valley and the state police
are handling the miscreants on streets.
The J&K police are showing
unprecedented valour in normalising the situation. That is the reason separatist leaders have issued a joint appeal to Jammu and Kashmir
police requesting them not to use live ammunition against common
Kashmiris, conveniently missing the fact that police personnel who were
pushed in the Jhelum river by the so-called protesters, with their
vehicle, were also Kashmiri brethren. The state government has appealed
to separatist groups for help in bringing peace, which is also unusual.
The
most spectacular incident occurred when pilgrims from other states of
Bharat defied the threat and decided to continue with the Amarnath
yatra. Local Muslims of Bejbehara exemplified real character of
‘Kashmiriyat’ when a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims rammed into a truck
on the Pahalgam-Jammu National Highway. Without letting the protests or
curfew come in their way, residents of Sangam and Halmula, rushed to
help the victims.
In another exceptional development a group of
Imams, under the leadership of Umer Ilyasi, President of All India Imam
Organisation, met the Home Minister and offered help to stop violence in
the Valley.
If this was not enough, Pakistan got a befitting reply
in the UN. The US Congressmen have started questioning financial aid to
the troubling South Asian ally. British MP Bob Blackman in an interview
to a news paper took a stand and clarified that Jammu and Kashmir must
be reunited with India, including the parts illegally occupied by the
Pakistani forces.
The crux is the turbulence in the valley is no
longer a limited concern of people in the state but of entire Bharat.
The aspiring youth of the state want to get rid of a life of
uncertainty. The separatists are exposed and losing their credibility on
ground. Of course, sustainable and coordinated efforts are required to
normalise and then stabilise the situation in the valley. Till then, all
nationalist voices in and outside the valley should be strengthened
enough, so that in future no Burhan would be allowed to take Kashmiri
youth for ride.
By Prafulla Ketkar
Courtesy: Organiser
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