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Mufti's U turn on Kashmir Pandit re-settlement plan under militant and separatist threat


By Rigzin Jora



Congress Legislature Party Leader, Rigzin Jora , accused Mufti Sayeed with developing cold feet for creation of composite cluster for resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits . It is not even been three - four days since returning from Delhi , where in meeting with Home Minister, Rajnath Singh , Mufti Sayeed had offered 500 canals for creation of cluster for Kashmir Pandits.



It was surprising that Mufti Sayeed took a complete u turn on the issue in the assembly citing misreporting by the media. Making pointed intervention, I asked , why government did not issue any immediate rejoinder if that was the case; why did you wait so long?


The fact of the matter is, Mufti Sayeed today finds himself between a rock and a hard place. When he realized the various factions of the Hurriyat Conference has given a call for Kashmir shut -down the chief minister has chickened - out. If this was misreported by the media what was it that he said in reply to the motion of thanks on the governor address, where to a pointed question by Omar Abdullah - whether he plans to bring up something like Jagti in Kashmir . He is on record to have said yes.



Public memory is not as short as Mufti Sayeed makes it out to be .



Political double speak and chicanery is PDP 's USP. It is in their DNA. Recalling the Amarnath land row that engulfed the entire state in communal and regional frenzy, it was Qazi Afzal the then forest minister from PDP who proposed to the cabinet the transfer of land to Amarnath Shrine Board. When it backfired in the valley , PDP was the first to be on the street demanding revocation .



Therefore, it was not surprising that Mufti Sayeed went back on his words. On top of this he had the audacity to lecture the state Assembly about bridging the gulf between regions . Did he not seek votes in Kashmir in the name of stopping Mission 44 of BJP?



Rest as they say is history. Has he not become RSS agent by tying knot with Modi' s designer Kurta. In his foxen cunning to be everything to everybody - pro -separatist, pro -Pakistan ; "alliance of conviction " to endear himself to Nagpur, Mufti Sayeed is nothing to anybody.



He is only for himself - his 6 years chief ministership' ;nothing else matters.



Unfortunately, the issue of resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits is getting politicized for Mufti Sayeed's wayward politics and temerity to face the BJP. " For heavens sake stop politicizing their tragedy. If at all the Modi government has any policy for their resettlement and re-integration , take the Pandits on board and ascertain from them how to go about it. Rather than prescribing solution for which there are few takers , go in for wider consultation with the Pandit community and take them into confidence.



But this is least expected from a coalition government that is perennially pulling in opposite directions. The Congress had proposed during UPA 2 a financial aid of Rs 25 lakhs per family to the Kashmiri Pandit families who wanted to re-build their house in their home and hearth.


This government can revisit this package. The final choice about the re- settlement and re-integration must be left to the Kashmiri Pandits themselves as they are the victims and the main stake holders for the rest, it is posturing and politics.
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