Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 23: Senior BJP and Kashmiri Pandit leader, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo today said that any demand from any quarter for revocation of the so-called special status of Jammu and Kashmir is not only retrograde but is also untenable.
In a statement issued here today he said it is also tantamount to taking the arms of clock back which doesn’t happen in well established civilized societies. The modern outlook of civilizations tend to look forward rather than to be subdued with the unwanted baggage of past, he added
Chrungoo who is also incharge of Department of Political Affairs and Feedback, J&K-BJP in a response to the joint statement made by various political leaders of different political parties at Srinagar today, said that the people of the erstwhile State and particularly those of the Kashmir Valley can’t be befooled time and again. They have been the victims of false promises and half truths right from 1947 when they used to be promised moon.
Chrungoo said, “People are well aware about the futility of slogans like, plebiscite, back to 1953, `Hamara Izzat 370′, Azadi, self rule, double currency, porous borders, free trade and so-called healing touch for the last seven decades. Ultimately, it is now for them ‘back to August 4, 2019’. The time for experimentation has duly elapsed and the new generations are hardly interested to trust the untrustworthy who have amassed wealth and assets disproportionate to their worth, capability and income”.
He said there is no likelihood for any kind of a compromise on the issues pertaining to nationalism, fundamental and equal rights, patriotism, integrity in public life, accountability and transparency. Those who have committed grave mistakes will have to pay for that, he added. It is silly that the three times Chief Minister of the State would say, “streets are empty because we told our people, don’t get killed. They had decided to kill over 10,000 people”. Such a statement is highly irresponsible and instigating. It might attract penal action again.
Chrungoo further said the issues which are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts should not be politicized by the leaders and this is what precisely these leaders are trying to do. While they have lost their credibility among the public, it is almost impossible for them to claim the space of the ‘mainstream’ once again”.
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