Daya Sagar
Simple statements and slogans will not do. Right now we have the presidents rule in Jammu and Kashmir and the BJP is in power at New Delhi. On the other hand the nation is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas. Time has come for the ruling class to recognize the value and sacrifices of those who paid with their lives in Kashmir. The leadership can be put under pressure to reward the permanent resident ship to atleast 15 Param Vir Chakra decorated soldier families from outside who paid with their lives in Kashmir for defending their country and four of them lost their life during the Kargil war in 1999.
This year also‘Wreath laying Ceremony’ will be organised at the ‘Kargil War Memorial’ in Dras on the Kargil Vijay Diwas (26 July ) to honor the brave-hearts who laid down their lives during the ‘Operation VIJAY’ but do the Permanent Residents of J&K have any moral right to be a part of that when the families of even the PVC decorated soldiers can not share the land and resources of J&K with PRs of J&K? Any considerate soul would say no. As I have always been saying on this 26th July too references will not be complete without mentioning here with regrets that with the “rule” prevailing no one from the families of even the 4 Param Vir Chakra winners who fought the enemy worth making extreme sacrifice in Kargil war (PVC Captain Vikram Batra (from Mandi- HP) PVC Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey from Sitapur-UP PVC Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav ‘Ghatak Platoon’( from Aurangabad-Bulandshahar UP PVC Rifleman Sanjay Kumar from Vil Klol Bukiana Distt- Bilaspur- , HP ) for protecting the borders / LOC in J&K with be there to shares the local lands and resources in J&K with Permanent Residents of J&K even on this 26th July since they are from the category of indian citizens who fall in the class non- Permanent Residents of J&K .
J&K is under President Rule since 20-12-2018. The present J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik has initiated some very daring but legitimate administrative as well as legislative corrections after his taking over as Governor of J&K that was already under Governor Rule since 20-06-2018. Not only that Mr. Malik has even made some vital recommendations covering constitutional provisions to the Union after the President rule was imposed in J&K wef 20-12-2018 including further extension of President’s by Parliament wef 03-07-2017.This 26th July The Parliament of India too is in session ( (J&K under President rule—even Authority of State legislature is with Parliament & BJP has ‘hill’ of numbers) , why not the Governor Mr. Malik recommend to Union/ Parliament to do some thing worth making the people of J&K truthfully ‘Remembering, Rejoicing and Renewing ’ the commitments towards the martyrs by completing the process for awarding the status of Permanent Resident of J&K to the families of atleast the PVC decorated non permanent resident of J&K Indian soldiers so as to accord them rights on the lands & resources of J&K like other Indian citizens who are permanent residents before ‘we’ go for the ‘Wreath laying Ceremony’ at the ‘Kargil War Memorial’ in Dras on the Kargil Vijay Diwas (26 July 2019) or if need be even by extending the Parliament session till 28th July, the day Kargil Vijay celebrations conclude. No one in Union Government / in Lok Sabha /in Rajya Sabha will be there who would oppose in case proposal for any legislative measure that may so be needed and would be coming before the Parliament to enable the government to accord sanctions / corrections ( with the power of J&K Legislature being with the Parliament and the state with the Union ) like awarding the rights / status of Permanent of Resident of J&K to atleast 20 0ut of 21 Param Vir Chakra ( PVC) decorated Indian soldiers out of which 15 PVC decorated soldiers have been those who belonged to other Indian states and had made extreme sacrifices / shown extreme courage while fighting the enemy on borders along J&K while protecting the borders along China & Pakistan in J&K but even their dependents / relations can neither join a J&K Government Medical college as well as J&K Government service nor can own a house in J&K because they do not fall in the category of Permanent of J&K as defined in Section-6 of J&K Constitution.
J&K government has so far lagged behind in extending the socio-economic gestures to non- PR of J&K martyrs although it has been requested many a times in the past by people like me since that needed provisions could be created through administrative orders and not only that ,where ever need , the constitutional routes are also available via Section-8 and Section -9 of J&K Constitution where in the channels for making one to ‘ship in’ the arena of Permanent Resident of J&K have not been totally blocked by Section- 6 of J&K Constitution.
(*Daya Sagar is a senior journalist and a social activist and he can be reached at dayasagar45@yahoo.com 9419796096}
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