Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Oct 26: Senior Advocate and AICC leader Ashok Bhan today said that Congress Party is the only party that has the vision, ability, experience and all regions trust and socio-political base, to get Jammu & Kashmir out of the current turbulence.
“The people of J&K are undergoing colossal trials and tribulations for last three decades. Pakistan had a vicious design, which still persists and together with China, Pakistan wants to keep India on a two horn dilemma. But People have always blunted Pakistan’s nefarious design in past and have rejected it now,” Bhan said while speaking in a webinar.
He said that it was the futurist vision of Indian National Congress leadership led by Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru -that J&K State is an integral part of Union of India. “Currently the affairs of J&K are in utmost mess driven by the failings of the current ruling dispensation. J&K is under LG rule. Need for party independent policy becomes imperative for Union of India to deal with Kashmir affairs,” he added.
Bhan said the J&K LG Manoj Sinha, known to be a seasoned politician by now must have understood the complex political challenges in J&K situation and we expected him to create and facilitate a democratic political space for moderate political narrative to flourish in highly surcharged polarized J&K.
The AICC leader said the Government should acknowledge that use of military force is not a solution to the complex situation of Kashmir. “It is the psychological, attitudinal, social, political and economic grievances that need to be addressed. Therefore, the Government should worry more about winning back the trust of the people to win war against Pakistan’s proxy war and let the terrorism be handled by the security forces professionally,” he asserted.
He said there is a dire need for wining the hearts and minds of common people to fight and blunt the ongoing proxy war inflicted by Pakistan. Congress party is committed to promote and strengthen the idea of plural democratic India in J&K, he added.
Follow our WhatsApp channel