And at last, the victims rose against two decades of suppression and religious persecution. The kashmiri muslims now is at the receiving end.. Let them taste a bit of what they were doing for so long..
An excellent article from Kanchan Gupta, on the details of the Jammu Uprising.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/05gupta.htm
Jammu is burning. And as of now it appears unlikely that the rage sweeping through the entire province can be doused in the coming days. On Monday, the police, clueless as to how to handle the situation and directed by an inspector general of police who is an outsider, shot at protesters in Samba. They did not shoot to injure or scare away the crowds chanting slogans against Governor N N Vohra and waving the national tricolour. They shot to kill by aiming their guns at the protesters’ heads.
The brutal response of the administration and Vohra’s inability of to gauge the extent of popular disquiet and outrage have only strengthened the resolve of the protesters to continue with their agitation. The relentless bandh and blockade of highways has been extended by another five days. People continue to defy curfew and army pickets, pouring into the streets in hundreds, something unprecedented in India.
What we are witnessing in Jammu is a Hindu intifada: The young and old, men and women, youth and children are locked in an unequal battle with the police — and, since Friday, the army — demanding the immediate revocation of the government order cancelling the transfer of 800 kanals of land to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board. The land was meant for creating temporary facilities for pilgrims who trek to the Amarnath shrine every year, braving inclement weather and jihadi attacks.
It’s been more than a month that the Hindus of Jammu have taken to the streets, burning tyres, taunting policemen, braving tear-gas and real bullets, violating curfew and blockading the highway to Srinagar [Images]. The images emanating from Jammu are eerily similar to those that emanated from Gaza and the West Bank during the Palestinian intifada. More tellingly, the tactics that have been adopted by the protesters are those that have often brought the Kashmir valley to a standstill. If you look at the photographs of the Hindu intifada, you will get a sense of how Jammu has decided to give Kashmir a taste of its own medicine — in this case it is Dum Dum Dawai (a public thrashing).
The details of the land transfer fiasco are well-known. The Congress-Peoples Democratic Party government headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad had instructed the forest department to transfer the land to the SASB. Within days Muslims in the Kashmir valley, led and instigated by pro-Pakistani separatists, took to the streets, insisting no land should be provided for pilgrim facilities.
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The PDP has to be banned. Mufti and his daughter has no place in national politics.
Jammu has to be first unburdened from kashmir valley’s self destroying violence. So should Ladakh.
Jammu should be joined to Himachal Pradesh.
Kashmir should be perpetually placed under President’s rule directly under the Army. All the Madrassas in the country should be closed and the most prominent ones should be under Government’s observation. All the jamaaths must be only places of prayer and no speeches of any kind to be allowed inside.
A POTA like rule with more teeth should be brought in. Most important, BJP should be given 300 plus seats to abolish art 370 and bring in Uniform civil code and uniform 2 child policy for all
we now want the whole of kashmir for hindus, not just 100 acres
Yes, it is an uprising indeed and the tide seems unebbing. However, there remain some issues where Jammuites are weak, like leadership issue which has been dogging them for over six decades. Anyway, kudos to the people of Jammu.
Here is another contribution on the subject at:
http://sudanjotting.blogspot.com