NC
not at outcaste
Sir,
The news
analysis under the caption
"Selecting CM on Regional basis not
the best solution" by Mr. Pushap
Saraf (Refer Daily Excelsior dated 20th
of October 2002) is in the right earnest.
But I don't agree with the learned writer
on the point that the people of J&K
State have rejected the National
Conference outrightly and have given the
mandate of Congress (I) and PDP to rule
the State. If we go by the number game
then actually National Conference is much
ahead of Congress (I) and PDP and has
emerged as the single largest party with
28 seats. The most pertinent point to
note is that the National Conference has
bagged seats from all the three regions
viz. Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh, while as
PDP got some seats in Kashmir valley out
and Congress (I) got majority of its
seats in Jammu Region. Hence, it can be
easily summarised that PDP represents the
regional aspirations of some sections of
Kashmiri people and Congress (I)
represent mostly the Jammu region.
No doubt
the National Conference suffered the
worst ever political reverses during the
recent elections and were shown the door
by the electorate for their arrogance but
it still emerged as a strong force to
reckon with in all the three regions of
the State as compared to Cong(I) and PDP
who at present and engaged in rat race
for the Government formation.
With the
adamancy of PDP leadership to stick to
the claim for the Chief Ministership
despite less number of legislatures as
compared to NC and Cong(I), there seems
to be no respite in the sufferings of the
people of J&K. It has now become
incumbent upon both the leadership of
National Conference and Cong (I) to bury
the past, as there are no outcastes in
the political arena to explore the
possibility of formation of a coalition
Govt. jointly in the true spirit of
building the shattered confidence of the
people of the State.
Yours etc...
Rajendra Razdan
Jammu.
Remembring
martyrs
Sir,
Various
news items that appeared in your paper
reveal that the refugees of 1947 are
aware of their responsibility to remember
their martyrs and salute their supreme
sacrifices, though the gatherings were at
different venues.
So far as
memory runs, the refugees are discharing
their noble duty of remembering the
martyrdoms of Mirpur, Muzaffarbad,
Bhimber, Kotli and Rajouri in traditional
ways, like observing fast, taking-out
'prabhat pharies' and performing
'yogya-havan'. But with the rise in
militancy and re-occurrence of similar
incidents, the need of such programmes
has emerged as important'.
Remembering
martyrs is good, but remembering them
collectively in a loud voice is better.
If we understand this formula, it would
be easier to reach out a conclusion that
in 1947 a series of incidents had taken
place at various places, where countless
people lost their lives to achieve
martyrdom due to a most shameful wave and
it was a trendsetter of today's
militancy.
So the
need of hour is that all the forums
organising such programmes should come
under one umbrella front and jointly
recognise the sacrifices of their people
made in the entire episode of 1947 which
is a vital organ of Indian independence
and accession of Jammu and Kashmir with
India.
If you
achieve oneness, your voice would gain
high pitch and it will automatically
reach to wider spheres and have more
impact, otherwise such remembrance would
be counted as a political exercise.
Yours etc...
Shashank Choudhary
78/79-Gurah
Bakshi Nagar,
Jammu.
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