PRM criticises centre Govt for Kashmiri appeasement

Peoples Revolutionary Movement, (PRM), while boycotting the 18 -party meet headed by Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil here in Jammu said that Govt.of India is committing one blunder after another by inviting people responsible for igniting this passionate mass movement.



Speaking on the occasion, PRM president Rajinder Jamwal said that Govt. of India hasappointed the accused as judges and want to resolve the crisis inJammu. He asked Home Minister to correct the perception regardingJammu saying, "enough is enough and Jammu people would take no morepoison of anti-nationals and pro-Pak elements in the name ofnationalism.

Jamwal said that people of Jammu have faced more than 100 massacres inwhich innocent civilians numbering 5 to 35 have been killed in a day by Pakistan sponsored terrorists, yet we have not protested, we have a voter population of more than 32 lakh as compared to 28 lakh ofKashmir valley and area almost 30, 000 sq kilometers, as compared to just 15,000 sq kilometers of Kashmir valley, we have just 37 Assembly and two parliamentary seats while Kashmir has 46 Assembly and 3Parliamentary seats, but we have not complained, Jammu has an unemployment per centage of 69 as compared to 27 of Kashmir, Kashmirhas more than 3 lakh employees while Jammu just about one lakh, still we have not complained, J&K secretariat has a presence of more than 90 per cent employees from Kashmir still we kept mum, the revenue contribution of Jammu is more than 70 per cent and its share indevelopment is less than 30 per cent, Kashmir is visited by about 3 lakh tourists while more than 90 lakh tourists visit Jammu region, still 80 per cent of Tourism budget is spent in Kashmir yet the peopleof Jammu have not complained, Jammu has the Chenab Basin yet the Chenab Valley Power Project Corporation office is being set up at Srinagar, the centre offered to establish a 1000 MW Thermal Powerproject at Jammu but state government refused, the Kashmiri leaders projected the building of Mughal road in Poonch as a victory of Muslim Communal forces, yet we did not complain all in the name of protecting"NATIONAL INTEREST".

But the out and out communal and against the set principles ofco-existence, communal harmony and secularism, fundamental rights of a community, the state government has declined to provide 800 kanals ofland for Shri Amarnath Shrine Board for 'temporary' period erecting'temporary' facilities for visiting pilgrims.

The more unfortunate is the expressions of the so called main stream politicians from National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party against allotment of land, who are worse than separatists and anti-national elements and hasadded fuel to fire in the Jammu region.

The people of Jammu have been demanding recall of Governor for thereason that new Governor as the Chairman of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board(SASB), in a blatant violation of SASB Act asked the Government totake over the land diverted to SASB at Baltal.

Governor is also known for his pro-Kashmir and anti-Jammu bias and has openly questioned during a seminar in Jammu, "Where Jammu exists,"besides he has been a strong votary of Wajahat Habibullah's formula of dividing Jammu and Kashmir on communal lines.

Governor has exposed his anti-Jammu stance further by perpetuating untold atrocities, by calling army rewarding officers who have inflicted injuries and killed people of Jammu who are holding peacefulprotest demonstration, calling army out and turning whole of Jammu in an area which resembles Swat Valley of Pakistan, with aerial surveillance, giving shoot at sight orders and coercing officers to implement the shoot orders strictly.

Jamwal said that this is a democratic country and all our fundamentalrights have been trampled upon by Governor NN Vohra, who is acting like a dictator. Govt. of India has also left no stone unturned to please the separatists and anti-national elements, including FarooqAbdullah, Saiffudin Soz and Mehbooba Mufti who have been left free to spit venom against Indian nation and disturb the communal harmony by spreading canards.

He said that Peoples Revolutionary Movement, demands
1. Recall of Governor NN Vohra from Jammu and Kashmir
.2. Restore 800 kanals of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board at Baltal.