Statement by the Diplomatic Bureau of Jammu Kashmir
Liberation Front:
Issued in London at JKLF’s International Secretariat.
London- 2 June 2016:
The focus of this statement is on the following two
main points:
(a) the conspiracy to engineer demographic change in
the valley of Kashmir under the guise of Pandit resettlement and:
(b) the threat to Jammu Muslims from communalist
forces of the BJP/RSS nexus.
Indian
government’s policy to construct huge separate townships on the West Bank
model, (Israeli style Settlements), is a deliberate attempt to create social,
political and demographic dislocation of Kashmir.
Under
the guise of Pandit resettlement, Indian
government has embarked on construction of separate enclaves, including sainak
or the ex-service men colonies in the Valley, despite the fact that, upon
retirement service personnel return to their family homes.
It
has decided to give land to non-Kashmiri industrialists, and accommodate
homeless people in the valley from outside Jammu Kashmir, especially since
there is a shortage of land in the Valley of Kashmir.
Kashmiris
have strongly reacted to this nefarious attempt by the Indian state, and its
local BJP/PDP quislings, to divide the population on ethnic and religious lines,
and to create a perpetual state of uncertainly within Jammu Kashmir, and
especially in the Valley.
JKLF
Chairman Mr Yasin Malik, and other pro freedom and pro people leaders, have
taken the matter of Indian policy, to build separate colonies, very seriously.
Over
the recent months, JKLF Chairman has mobilised, political and civic opinion across
all sections of Jammu Kashmiri society to mount an effective resistance to
Indian policy through a united Front. Notably he met with Syed Ali Gilani and
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq among many others.
Since
25 May however, Mr Yasin Malik has been incarcerated, initially under Police
custody, and since 29 May in Srinagar central jail.
This
is a deliberate attempt by the Indian state and its local quislings, to prevent
JKLF’s Chairman from further contacts with the public and opinion makers in
Jammu Kashmir.
Mr
Yasin Malik’s arrest and incarceration therefore exposes the charade of ‘Indian
democracy’ in Jammu Kashmir.
Leaders
of the All Parties Huriyat Conference-APHC- Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq APHC (M)
and Syed Ali Shah Gilani APHC (G), and vice Chairman of the JKLF Mr Shaukat Bakhshi
have been put under house arrest since 25 May; while JKLF zonal president Noor
Muhammad Kalwal and organiser Bashir Kashmiri have evaded arrest as both have
gone underground.
Mr
Yasin Malik and the APHC leaders, Syed Ali Shah Gilani (G) and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
(M), have jointly called Friday 3 May as a day of protest, and called on the
population to hoist and wave black flags throughout the Valley, against the
oppression of the Indian state and its quislings in Jammu Kashmir.
Mr
Yasin Malik in a message from Srinagar central jail has said that it was a life
and death situation for Kashmiris and that it was important to mount a united
front against the Indian machinations against the people of Kashmir.
It
must be remembered that over ten thousand Pandits live and engage in business
throughout the valley of Kashmir without fear, including having businesses in
the Lal Chawk area of Srinagar itself in complete safety.
There
is therefore, no justification for India to construct separate Colonies for Pandits
or any other section of society in the Valley or any other part of Jammu Kashmir.
We
do however demand, that Indian government gives necessary financial support
(one crore rupees for each family) for Pandit families, to buy property
wherever they wish in the Valley.
Also in view of deepening
communalisation of Jammu Kashmir society by the BJP, we are extremely concerned
for the safety of Muslim population in Jammu.
In
this regard we consider the words of BJP minister Lal Singh deeply offensive,
and full of intimidation to Muslims of Jammu, when he reminded them of the 1947
massacres, in which at least three hundred thousand (3 Lakh) Muslim residents
were massacred, in what can only be described as deliberate and calculated
actions of extremists, to eliminate Muslim presence in Jammu region of the
state.
Lal
Singh conveyed his threat when a delegation of Jammu Muslims met him on 20 May
with their grievances. Instead of redressing their complaints, he reminded them
of what happened to their kith and kin in 1947.
It
is sad to note that people like Lal Singh, inspired by communalist ideology of
the RSS in 1947, were responsible for the massacres, and of forcing more than half
a million Muslims to flee for safety, in Azad Kashmir and the Punjab in
Pakistan.
In
view of Lal Singh’s threat to Muslims of Jammu with dire consequences, and considering
the violent nexus and ideology of the RSS and the BJP, we call upon the
international community to take these threats against Muslims in Jammu
seriously.
It
is our firm view therefore that construction of vast colonies in the valley, is
an attempt by the Indian government, under the guise of Pandit resettlement, to
change demographic character, and create
social dislocation of not only the Valley, but whole of Jammu Kashmir.
Furthermore it is an attempt to create facts on the
ground by changing the majority into minority in Indian Held Jammu Kashmir.
It is an attempt by the Indian state to bring about
fragmentation of the Valley of Kashmir by erecting an iron curtain through
construction of these huge townships.
We
firmly reiterate our strong resolve to resist this diabolical Indian policy of building
huge militarised fortresses that would be similar to the West Bank Settlements
by Israel in Palestine, under the guise of Pandit resettlement.
We
will take appropriate and effective diplomatic and political actions to counter
Indian policy by supporting the anti-status quo and pro- people leadership in
Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir.
We
demand that Indian authorities and their local quislings immediately release Mr
Yasin Malik from arbitrary incarceration as well as Huriyat and JKLF leaders
from house arrests.
We
call upon the international community to take note of these undemocratic and
oppressive methods of the Indian state and its agents in Jammu Kashmir against
peaceful and legitimate political rights and activities of the pro- people and
anti-status quo Kashmiri leadership.
As
part of our concerted diplomatic and political actions, steps will be taken to organise
public demonstrations against Indian Embassies and Diplomatic Missions in Europe,
UK, the United States, and in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.
In
his message from Srinagar Central Jail, Mr Yasin Malik expressed his delight
over the successful operation of Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,
and extended solidarity with Prime Minister Sharif’s family and prayed for his
early recovery.
Mr
Malik also expressed his heartfelt grief and sorrow over the sad demise of
Malik Muhammad Shafi, a founding member of the JKLF and right hand man of JKLF
supreme head jenab Amanullah Khan marhoom, and expressed his condolences with
the family and prayed for Malik Shafi sahib’s heavenly abode……
Prof
Zafar Khan
Head
of Diplomatic Bureau
Jammu
Kashmir Liberation Front-JKLF.
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