Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 10: Accusing State and Central Governments of pushing Kashmir into a “whirlpool of violence”, former minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today said that the BJP and the PDP owe an explanation to the people.
Addressing public meeting in Gandhinagar constituency here today, former Minister said that BJP as well as PDP owe an explanation to the people of the country for having brought disaster in Kashmir with open space to anti-nationals and subversion and restrictions on security forces. The “appeasement policy” followed for the past 18 months has emboldened separatists and subversive elements, he said.
Mr Bhalla attacked BJP for “mismatch” in rhetoric and action, accusing it of antagonizing the country’s nationalist forces. He said the situation has deteriorated as the BJP is actively toeing PDP’s line. The administration went “missing” as did local political leaders, including parliamentarians and legislators, who surfaced to make feeble “media” appeals rather than harness their worker-potential on ground. The sharp wedge between communities is being seen as a direct fallout of inexperience of the Coalition Government which failed to assess the ground situation.
Training guns at the Government over the terror issue, Bhalla said that the impression that the BJP Government created was whatever its leaders were saying earlier was only the opposition rhetoric and in their books, terror and talks can go hand in hand. So this is going to be the long-term implication for India. He said when the NDA Government recently unveiled its plans to resettle the community in Kashmir even in the face of opposition from separatists, the displaced people felt vindicated. Many believed that the BJP’s presence in the Center and in J&K, where it shares power with the PDP, would finally see the fruition of their dream of returning home. No one could have imagined that this ecstasy would be short-lived. The Modi regime backed out from its promise as it told parliament that there was no plan to re-settle Kashmiri pandits in clusters in the Valley.
The youth also feel they have been used and thrown once again. The poor rehabilitation after flood by the J&K administration also lead to much disgust with State. Like elsewhere, Modi promised large relief package and efficient implementation but two years after the floods, the relief effort has been a splendid failure, Bhalla maintained.
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