[Reader-list] SAVE KASHMIR

[Bipin Trivedi]

Recent stone palters was definitely instigated/planned by separatists of Kashmir with support of Pakistan to tarnish the image of military since they are protecting Kashmir from infiltrators. It is now time to act with iron hand in Kashmir without coming to any international pressure. 

Thanks
Bipin Trivedi


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From: reader-list-bounces at sarai.net [mailto:reader-list-bounces at sarai.net] On Behalf Of Javed
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 6:49 PM
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Subject: [Reader-list] fast worsening situation in Kashmir

Its sad that on this forum most people talk about the plight of
Kashmiri Pundits. When it comes to the worsening situation of Kashmiri
Muslims, they would say "it was instigated by the separatists".
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Statement on the fast worsening situation in Kashmir

As concerned Indian citizens some of whom played a role in solving the
Amarnath-related crisis two years back, we are seriously worried at
the fast deteriorating situation in the Valley of Kashmir which has
witnessed the senseless killing of over two dozen innocent youth by
the security forces in as many days. The army has now been directly
deployed in many areas of the Valley in a shameful attempt to cover up
for the utter political failure of both the central and state
governments. This is evident in both the Omar Abdullah government’s
inability to handle the situation and the central government’s lack of
ideas and initiatives. The Prime Minister’s recent visit to the Valley
only underlined the visionless policy of protecting the status quo at
any cost.

With all emphasis at our command, we urge the central government to at
once send the army back to the barracks and out of all inhabited areas
in the Valley, release all arrested political leaders, activists and
protesters, repeal the black AFPSA which has allowed the army to kill
with impunity, and urgently start a real dialogue with both the
stakeholders in the Valley as well as with Pakistan to solve this
vexed issue once and for all. We believe the situation in Kashmir
demands a political, not a military, solution. We hope the UPA-II will
not leave this issue burning for another generation to solve it.

Dr JK Jain (Chairman, Jain TV),

Syed Shahabuddin (President, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat),

Prem Shankar Jha (columnist),

Prof. Ram Puniyani (All India Secular Forum),

N.D. Pancholi (People's Union of Civil Liberties),

Manisha Sethi (Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association),

Yugal Kishor Saran Shastri (Ayodhya),

Prof. Nirmalangshu Mukherji ( Delhi University ),

Dr. Shamsul Islam ( Delhi University ),

Neelima Sharma (Theatre Person),

Zafar Mahmood (President, Interfaith Coalition),

Kamal Faruqui (Ex-Chairman, Minorities Commission Delhi ),

Navaid Hamid (Member, National Integration Council)

Dr. M.H. Jawahirullah (President, Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam),

Lateef Mohammad Khan (Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee),

Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan (Editor, The Milli Gazette).



New Delhi, 9 July 2010

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