A Look Through The Mist Separatist
Daya Sagar
The recent suicide terror attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama district in South Kashmir where unarmed CRPF personnel were martyred has pushed the indian people in an environment of shock and anger worth even many asking government of India to launch a military offensive against Pakistan. Entire nation has been outraged by this incident and events there after.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the J&K police are investigating into the “minutes” of the attack. Prime Minister of India has informed the nation that he has left it to the commanders of the Indian forces to decide what to do against the perpetrators of 14th February heinous crime , when to do , where to do , how to do. Of course it has to be understood that the immediate focus was on Pakistan and it has to be,but broadly speaking what has been and is happening in J&K ( particularly in Kashmir valley) has three dimensions.
Dimension –One:< The enemies of India (including Pakistan), the extraterritorial fundamentalist terrorist organisations focusing on separation of Kashmir region from India>. These operate from safe heavens in the territories that are not directly under Indian control as well as through some proxies cultivated within Indian territories. They ( adversaries) are not immediately under the legal / administrative order of the Government of India and hence have to be handled through (i) direct & indirect military offensive (ii) pressures from the international community / allies (iii) possible socio – economic strangulations.The incumbent Modi government could go for some thing like replicating ‘Israel’ or and Obama Models ; cutting of diplomatic channels temporarily ; withdrawing the ‘ MFN’ status for Pakistan (as has been done after the CCS meeting on this 15th February 15th ) and of course the military options to be decided appropriately for executions at appropriate time by commanders.
Dimension –Two : <The anti India elements / institutions / organisations directly operating from within the country even using military methods for terrorizing the local population and making use of local soft exploitable targets through any possibly existing or cultivable social, communal, economic, ideological and even historical doubts / controversies. These elements can of course be handled / eliminated / booked by (i) force ( military might & under the existing laws of the land ) to a great extent and (ii) by making the common masses aware as regards the sincerity/ unbiased policies of the State Government/ Union government about the social, communal, economic, ideological and historical identities & needs of the common masses free from any individual ethnic / communal/ sectoral/ regional considerations. Ofcourse simple economic ‘baits’ will not pay and have also not yielded much good so far.
The security forces can surely make the local environment free of the militants & enemy agents but it is only the political leadership that has to ultimately seal all the channels that the enemy can use for cultivation of ideological pollution/ separatist view points amongst the common masses ( particularly in Kashmir valley).
Dimension –Three:<Those from within the country ( particularly from with in J&K) (i) cultivating controversial information about the historical events /facts & the governments of the past ( particularly the 1947 partition of India, the two nation theory, Oct 1947 accession of J&K with India & choices before Maharaja Hari Singh(ii) cultivating divisive ideologies by making use of sectoral / regional/ ethnic identities (iii) and negative role of even some of those who are required to fight out those cultivating wrong or divisive information but may not be doing their duty truthfully and effectively on ground thereby making the common people even soft targets of those who directly work to weaken the integrity as well as economy of a nation like India through separatist ideologies and game plans.
The ground status as regards“Dimension Three” as exits this day could be simply commented upon by saying that as on date even ideologues who profess (i) Autonomy for Kashmir( J&K) from India Nation State or (ii) profess that solutions to the “kashmir issue”of their imaginations lying in proposals like ‘Achievable Nationhood’ or (iii) those who still declare on the floor of Legislature / Parliament that in October 1947 J&K had only acceded to India and has not merged with India like was done by other princely states of British India Empire after they acceded to India dominion in 1947/48 are still considered main stream individuals / groups / by the National leadership / government of India.
Surely the loose handling as regards affairs related to “Dimension-Three” by government of India / by the National leadership has been providing some easy fields for cultivation of separatist ideologies, growth of myths/ controversies as regards J&K being total India / Accession 1947 being legitimate & total and for creation of even some local pockets that may not be for India as well as for separatist. Even Art-370 and Art35A of COI have been given some ‘distancing’ look from Indian point of view by some ‘mainstream’ leadership; even 27th Oct 1947 has been referred on the floor of Rajya Sabha as date of signing the instrument of accession by Maharaja Hari Singh and has gone adequately / timely uncontested till date by the Government of the day, even a leader of mainstream political party had said in Srinagar that in case Art-370 is removed ( taken away) ‘she’ will be the first to pick up a gun and she is still the unquestioned part of that party. Surely such actions / opinions can pollute information bank of the new generations from the Indian point of view.
The security forces can only make the local environment free of the militants & enemy agents but in a democratic country it is only the political leadership that has to ultimately plug all the channels that the enemy can use for cultivation of ideological pollution/ separatist view points amongst the common masses ( particularly in Kashmir valley). So, Government of India must set the immediate priority on clearly naming the silver line between the Separatist and Mainstream ideologies.
Of Course mooting resolutions against Pakistan, seeking custody of the likes of Masood Azhar, eliminating Pakistani military posts along the LoC & camps across LOC/IB, isolating Pakistan diplomatically through ensuring more economic sanctions from US, European Union (EU) and even China like sales of weapons, nuclear fuel, armaments, development aid could be the other options to work with but internal factors have to be the immediate focus.
(*Daya Sagar is a Senior journalist and a social activist dayasagr45 @yahoo.com 9419796096 }
