Dont you actually feel, as a person of reasonable intelligence would, that the mere fact that the Indian State is willing to allow mass gatherings and the protests to be covered on all major news and media channels, even apparently detrimental to Indian interests, that there is something fishy in Indian approach?
Unlike 1990s when we had banned access to media, we are quite open with all the protests and problems today, ever wondered why?
Yikes, are you guys even aware what
@Joe Shearer is speaking about and what you all are assimilating and what you all are arguing against?
Let me point out few things before you carry on:
1. India and Pakistan were formed under Indian Independence Act of 1947.
2. J&K acceded to India vide Para 3(a) of said act. If Pakistanis challenge the accession, they may as well challenge the integration of Baluchistan, Sindh, Northern-Areas, Gilgit and NWFP .. indeed the basis of existence of Pakistan as a state.
3. When India was accepting the instrument of accession, India made plebiscite a condition for acceptance, there was no demand from Maharaja or the representative of the people in form of Sheikh Abdullah for a plebiscite.
4. The Princely states were allowed to give conditional accession, India accepted the conditions of accession which Maharaja gave, namely autonomy under Indian Union.
5. What that means, the Indian Constitution made the Union under Article 1 and inserted 1.1 wherein no Union has right to secede from the state in consonance with Para 3 (b) of Indian Independence Act of 1947.
6. Indian Constitution also affirmed its commitment to autonomy of the state as per its own acceptance of terms of accession as aforementioned in guise of passing a law - Article 370. These conditions were available to all princely states, who decided to waive them as per their wishes. So when Pakistan jumps on plebiscite, just ask them to first explain Baluchistan.
7. If you want to do away with a commitment to the state under Indian Constitution, the correct way for a Legal State like India is thorough the consensus of the people of the state - namely a bill being passed by J&K Assembly.
8. If you talk of unilateral withdrawal of the Article, you loose credibility of a legal state and become a banana republic.
9. Nagaland Accord is an example where in people who declared independence in 1947, were annexed by Indian state and now Modi himself signed the accord wherein autonomy has been granted within the Indian Union without boundary change. The same is also existing in J&K.
10. When ill informed and illogical posts like many members from India are posting here, spread, you give the initiative to the next door neighbour to actually justify the demand for a separate homeland which led to formation of Pakistan. That nation is still trying to justify to itself the validity especially after loosing Muslim majority Bangladesh, of its existence. By refusing to back down from our commitments as enshrined under Constitution of India, we uphold our own laws, and comprehensively reject the two nation theory. Its a bludy ideological war!
11. The Pakistanis have lost the diplomatic war over Kashmir. Analyse the support to them over Kashmir in 90s and today. But they instigate local protests and civil unrest. Militancy is way down. Armed forces rule supreme in LC environment save for one odd ingress due to topography and climatic conditions. There is hardly any presence of army inside valley in CI operations. All are in garrison/supply and tiered defence. CAPFs and J&K Police are the spearhead for any act of violence in valley proper - thereby showcasing the move away from an armed rebellion to a management of civil disorder and common criminality.
12. The narrative, my dear strategically-not-so-sound people, has been wrested away from Pakistan. We dictate the issue now.
13. Fighting a CI war is never about short term solutions. It takes time, give it 70 years (Naga issue took almost 69 years) maybe 100 ..... deal in a civil fashion now. Settle it amicably, with a moral stance rather than giving the neighbour a locus standii which it is itself trying to find.
14. And if you do a comparison of deaths in valley, it is still way less than Bihar and UP individually in terms of violent deaths. Because Indian media and people like you get charged up on misplaced nationalism, you loose the narrative and damage Indian position. It is a very sound tactic, you simply are still not matured to appreciate it. Ask the Pakistanis who curse their politicians on Kashmir issue and give example of Indian deftness and adroitness in diplomatic and political management at all international forums.
Thanks
@Moonlight: Certainly not any artillery firing. Sounds more like Type 90 grenade being burst in a barrel ..... it is only a practice grenade with no shrapnel .... lol
