Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 11: Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee (JKCC) today strongly condemned the Finance Minister for falsely projecting Kashmir anything other than a political issue.
A JKCC spokesman in a statement said that while analyzing the speech of the minister at PHD Chamber’s so-called event, the members observed that by bringing in newer bizarre and ridiculous narratives to the Kashmir dispute, the Minister wishes to walk an extra mile to please his bosses by selling off whatever is left of his soul and conscience.
He said the members felt that he has actually made himself a laughing stock before a group of ‘Ambassadors’ who are all well known about the 70 year old internationally acknowledged political dispute of Kashmir which also happens to be an unfinished agenda before United Nations.
The spokesman said the members observed that the Minister looks to be eying for some higher position by behaving as a new Ambassador of New Delhi by making a failed attempt to hoodwink the international community by issuing novel but far from truth discourses.
“The JKCC also seeks an explanation from the Minister on his offer of ‘fun and enjoyment’ in Kashmir if they decide to invest in this disputed territory,” he said.
JKCC questions the wisdom of the Minister when he says that Kashmir should not be seen as a conflict zone, then why is Kashmir declared as a disturbed area with draconian and inhuman laws in place. “The fact of the matter is that Kashmir society is receiving body bags of their kith and kin, day in and day out, brutally killed by forces and is in a state of mourning for past 28 years”, the members informed.
Kashmir Chamber of commerce and Industries (KCCI) also expressed resentment on the statement of Haseeb Drabu.
A KCCI spokesman said the comment made by him terming Kashmir as a social issue is far from the truth as whole world recognizes it as a political issue pending for a solution for the last 70 years.
He said this issue is not been given preference for its solution by the people who hold authority in India as well as in the world bodies like UN who have entangled us in a situation where killing of innocents has become everyday a tragedy for us.
“For the past 70 years our economy has become a victim of non-settlement which our organization has pointed out recently in a memorandum to the Chief Minister and the reason for our failure to take advantage of our resources which can make us economically independent in the shortest possible time,” he said.
He further added that the PDP in its Agenda of Alliance has recognised the fact of the settlement of Kashmir by talking to all stakeholders internally and externally and as such the Finance Minister has done a great disservice to not only to his own party but to people of Kashmir who have sacrificed by their lives and not to speak of economically.
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