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Text of the Press Statement issued by President All
State Kashmiri Pandit Solidiarity Conference Sh. O.N. Trisal and Panun
Kashmir General Secretary Sh. Kuldeep Raina on June 13, 2003
We are observing keenly the reports which have
appeared in the media about the interactions of various organisations and
individuals with the interlocutor of Govt. of India Sh. N.N. Vohra. It is
saddening that a large section of Indian political establishment still
nourishes a dangerous view that success of any venture in Jammu and
Kashmir is determined by the sanction of the Muslim population of Jammu
and Kashmir particularly the various shades of separatist opinion. Such an
attitude has nourished politics of blackmail which destroyed the
democratic movement in the state and bred communalism.
We are aware of the dangers of the major
initiatives taken by Government of India to buy peace with those who are
waging war against our nation. We have communicated the same to Mr. Vohra
including the dangers of his mission. But what saddens us most is that
Indian political establishment cutting across party lines always adopts a
line which confers veto to
communal secessionist politics in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Hurriyat line that dialogue should take place
with only those who do not believe in the sanctity of Indian Constitution
and Govt. of India which by implication represents all who have faith in
Indian Constitution is a fascist and exclusivist line. Mainstream
political parties in India have been complementing this approach by
judging the success of any process in the state on the basis of its
acceptability to separatists. We condemn this attitude as strongly as we
condemn the separatist line.
Some Muslim leaders in various mainstream political
parties are playing a very intriguing role. It seems to us that they are
trying to undermine the diversity of political opinion which is getting
registered on the national mind through the dialogue process which has
been initiated. Such a communal attitude should be resisted by all who
believe in democracy, secularism and integrity of the country.
We also take a strong exception of various
statements emanating from the leadership of the present PDP lead
government in the state which tend to communicate that the dialogue
process initiated has a far reaching scope which transgresses the
boundaries of national sovereignty, integrity and imperatives of secular
nation building. The statements by the chief minister advocating 'porous
borders' do not fall in the realm of his responsibility and have far
reaching implications particularly when Government of India wants border
to become sacrosanct by the stoppage of all infiltration into the state.
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