[Reader-list] Baggage of JKLF is too heavy to carry-by Dr.Shabir Chaudhary

[rashneek kher]

Qalab Bhai,

Why blame poor Shabir Chaudhaury?Yasin Malik himself has switched to Indian
side.
I am not claiming anything....

Rashneek


On 5/9/08, Rebellious Koshur <rebelliouskoshur at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Rashneek,
>
> It is unfortunate that after Dr. Shabir Chudhry has switched the side to
> the Indian camp, his ideas make sense to you. He was very much defending
> each and every action of Yasin Malik for years, why didn't you quote him
> then. You would claim that he is repentant but people in Kashmir believe he
> is denigrated.
>
> Qalab Hussain
>
> *rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> and this one isn't based on my data.......
>
>
> By Dr Shabir Choudhry
>
> London, May 8 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is a sacred
> name for some, as they sacrificed their lives and everything else they
> valued in name of liberating the state.
>
> They did that to promote the name of JKLF believing that they were doing
> this for a good cause and for the betterment of their divided and oppressed
> nation.
>
> But there are many who disagree with this. They believe that the JKLF has
> brought them trouble, destruction and misery, and is root cause of problems
> of the people of Jammu and Kashmir since 1988.
>
> I am among those who, despite the baggage JKLF is carrying, proudly claimed
> to be member of this party, and furthermore claimed to be among those who
> helped to form this party in Britain in 1977. Like thousands of others I
> have also suffered for this party and have done everything possible to
> promote true ideology of the JKLF.
>
> Despite our sincere efforts to reunite the party and sacrifices, fact
> however remains that the JKLF is divided in to different factions; and
> allegation is and which is widely believed and true to large extent that
> top
> leaders of some groups have compromised JKLF ideology and are advancing
> agenda of secret agencies of our occupiers.
>
> These JKLF leaders are accused of tuning and maligning their ideology to
> suit national interest of Pakistan, and have practically signed away their
> independence to advance cause of united and independent Kashmir. Their
> strategy was not to unite and liberate divided state of Jammu and Kashmir
> but to advance such policies, which suited Pakistani agencies, aim of which
> was not independence of J and K, but to keep India bleeding and engaged.
>
> That policy worked as planned India not only bled but also has been engaged
> since 1989, but in return we Kashmiris have also bled and got trampled and
> oppressed. For this policy people of Jammu and Kashmir had to pay through
> their noses, but this struggle has made new millionaires in Jammu and
> Kashmir.
>
> In this struggle which started in name of independence and spearheaded by
> The JKLF with money and guns provided to them by Pakistani agencies
> resulted
> in fiasco. It tore apart fabrics of the Kashmiri society and started an era
> of intimidation, oppression and gun culture.
>
> All sides targeted people of Jammu and Kashmir: They faced wrath of Indian
> Army and security
> services,
> they were trained and victimised by Pakistani secret agencies and worse of
> all they were killed and intimidated by militants as well.
>
> In this struggle we have lost a generation. Thousands of people are still
> unaccounted for. Thousands of people are still languishing in jails. It is
> regrettable that we lost so many sons of soil. It is also regrettable that
> instead of bringing hope and new dreams to people of Jammu and Kashmir, the
> APHC leadership and the JKLF have brought disappointment, misery and
> destruction. And tragedy is that we are not any closer to independence.
>
> My colleagues and I realised in 1991/2 that things were not in control of
> JKLF Chairman, Amanullah Khan, and that he was only pretending to be in
> charge. We challenged him and asked him to reveal who was calling shots in
> name of Kashmiri struggle; and who was communalising our struggle.
>
> The JKLF claimed to work for a liberal and democratic society but its
> chairman believed in kind of democracy promoted by General Pervez Musharaf
> of Pakistan. Like Musharaf he was a dictator to the core and did not allow
> free discussion or accountability and result was many splits in the JKLF.
>
> Like General Musharaf, in frustration Amanullah Khan also took extra
> constitutional act and dissolved most effective and powerful JKLF Zone in
> Britain, which led to parting of from the JKLF then onwards.
>
> We continued our struggle to correct ills of the JKLF and bring
> accountability and transparency within the JKLF ranks. We wanted the party
> to reflect true ideology of the JKLF, and represent all people of the state
> and not only Muslims. While this struggle was going on we saw release of
> Yasin Malik from prison and hoped that he would be better than Amanullah
> Khan.
>
> We are all entitled to have dreams and hopes; it is the job of these
> leaders
> to ensure that these dreams do not become reality. If Amanullah Khan is
> like
> Musharaf then surely Yasin Malik is like General Yayya Khan. Both believed
> in their own brand of democracy and human rights, both dislike
> accountability and democracy within the party, in fact, both dont like
> party
> to flourish or expand.
>
> Both want to liberate the Valley or at least disrupt normal life there,
> especially around election time with the help of Pakistani agencies; and
> both want to be Chairman for life and strongly oppose dissent.
>
> Yasin Malik went in prison as a militant with a gun in his hand and came
> out
> as a polished leader preaching peace and non-violence, as if he was not in
> a
> prison but on some academic course dealing with violence and media
> management.
>
>
> We hoped that the party will benefit from his experience and will help to
> bring some positive changes to the JKLF and will help to resolve the
> Kashmir
> dispute according to the expressed wishes of the people.
>
> We tried and tried hard, but were not completely successful in our
> endeavours to unite different groups of the JKLF and make it vibrant and
> democratic force. However, our efforts helped to educate people and they
> started asking questions from these two for being life chairman.
>
> My colleagues, especially Abbas Butt and Zubair Ansari, strongly advocated
> formation of a new party, as in their opinion it was waste of time trying
> to
> correct ills of the JKLF. In their view it was impossible task when Yasin
> Malik and Amanullah Khan have emerged as big figures of the JKLF groups and
> when their sole aim is to maintain the status quo.
>
> I was not in favour of abandoning the JKLF, as I had emotional ties with
> the
> party. Like many others, I have also given my youth and enormous time to
> promote cause of the party, its aims and objectives are in my blood - it is
> a product of our struggle. If I had given same amount of time, effort and
> dedication and used my talent to promote cause of another party then I
> could
> have been in Parliament long time ago, but that was not my objective.
>
> In our JKLF we respected dissent and views of all colleagues. Even though
> majority agreed with the idea of a new party, no decision was taken in its
> favour because I disagreed and my colleagues respected that. Our commitment
> to each other was that we would remain together and work together.
>
> We had close contacts with senior leaders of both Yasin Malik and Amanullah
> Khan led JKLF. Like us they were also worried about the situation in the
> party, and what was being done in the name of JKLF, but they didnt have
> control over it and they lacked courage and political will to challenge
> them.
>
> Last year some of them assured us that if we form another party they will
> side with us, but they cannot support us if we continue with the name of
> the
> JKLF. I was still fighting my corner against formation of a new party. My
> view was that JKLF is not private party or estate of Amanullah Khan or
> Yasin
> Malik, and by us abandoning the party we are giving them a free hand.
>
> But all this changed last month when I met some Kashmiris from the Valley.
> They spoke against practices of the JKLF cadres in name of the struggle,
> especially what they did in early years of the struggle to Muslims and non
> Muslims alike.
>
> If army commit human rights abuse they do it under the cover of imposing
> government writ. They kill, intimidate, torture and imprison people; and in
> some cases rape women, but if the same is practised by the so-called
> freedom
> fighters then what is the difference between them?
>
> This is a separate topic, which needs special attention and cannot be dealt
> here. I was told that many Muslims and especially non Muslims hated the
> JKLF, as it is viewed as a mercenary organisation advancing agenda of
> Pakistani secret agencies. Muslim from the Valley said, The baggage of the
> JKLF is too heavy for you to carry and make any notable progress.
>
> I am, at last, persuaded that it is time to say goodbye to the JKLF, which
> abandoned its ideology, communalised Kashmiri politics and advanced
> non-Kashmiri agenda. Baggage and stigma of the JKLF is of course too heavy
> to carry.
>
> If some JKLF members still think they can make positive contribution to the
> cause of unification and independence of the State when leaders like
> Amanullah Khan and Yasin Malik are heading these JKLF groups then good luck
> to them; however if they feel time has come to say good bye to it and make
> a
> new start then they are welcome. (ANI)
>
>
>
> http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/baggage-of-jklf-is-too-heavy_10046414.html
>
> --
> Rashneek Kher
> http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
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