JAMMU KASHMIR :POLITICS OF CONVENIENCE;
OF CHIEF MINISTERS AND WREATH LAYING CEREMONIES !
*On August 2,2002,then chief minister Farooq Abdullah,flew all the way from Srinagar to Jammu to lay wreath on the coffins of two policemen who were killed in an encounter on the outskirts of Jammu city.In July 1999,he was present at the wreath laying ceremony at Pantha chowk,BSF headquarters in Srinagar.He laid a wreath on the body of a BSF DIG who was killed in the first fidayeen attack in Bandipur in north Kashmir.From October 1996 to 2002,when he was chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir,Farooq would make it a point to visit the wreath laying ceremonies and his speeches were filled with anger against Pakistan and terrorism.
*But every thing changed after 2002 elections.Mufti Mohammed Syeed who had become chief minister with support of the congress,would not utter even a word of condolence or condemnation on the killing of the army or paramilitary police personal at the hands of terrorists or their planted mines.He did not issue any statement even on the killing of 28 BSF personal in a mine blast in the lower Munda area of Anantnag,as he was 'advised'that it would annoy militants and their sympathizers by some of his close aides.A fidayeen attack in the neighbourhood of his official residence in Srinagar in 2004,made him change his stance.He would issue statements condemning the incidents of violence by militants,but would shy away from calling them militants or terrorists,instead he invented the phrase "enemies of peace"for them.He however never went to any wreath laying ceremony of soldiers or policemen.
*His successor Ghulam Nabi Azad,stated a new cult.He would end his speech even at places like Sopore-the strongest bastion of of militancy to date-with "jai Hind"and would visit the army and para military forces camps to lay wreath whenever there were such occasions.He would condemn the terrorist strikes in unequivocal terms and was the great defender of security forces and their actions.
*Omar Abdullah,who lost elections in 2002,learnt not to condemn Pakistan for any terror strike nor would he blame militants. He was told that he and his party has lost the assembly polls because of his and his father's anti-Pakistan and anti-militancy utterances.Now he is the one who is following the footsteps of his rival in Kashmir politics,changing the course from anti-Pakistan to involving Pakistan in the resolution of Kashmir issue.On Wednesday-March 13,when the news of the killing of five CRPF troopers came,Omar gave a bland statement in the legislative assembly,saying that five CRPF troopers have been "martyred",two fidayeen have been "neutralized".Next day-on March 14-he did not visit the District police lines,Srinagar to offer floral tributes to the five slain troopers.Only when he was told that CRPF jawans were angry over his absence,he rushed to the airport to bid adieu to the coffins of five jawans.
OF CHIEF MINISTERS AND WREATH LAYING CEREMONIES !
*On August 2,2002,then chief minister Farooq Abdullah,flew all the way from Srinagar to Jammu to lay wreath on the coffins of two policemen who were killed in an encounter on the outskirts of Jammu city.In July 1999,he was present at the wreath laying ceremony at Pantha chowk,BSF headquarters in Srinagar.He laid a wreath on the body of a BSF DIG who was killed in the first fidayeen attack in Bandipur in north Kashmir.From October 1996 to 2002,when he was chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir,Farooq would make it a point to visit the wreath laying ceremonies and his speeches were filled with anger against Pakistan and terrorism.
*But every thing changed after 2002 elections.Mufti Mohammed Syeed who had become chief minister with support of the congress,would not utter even a word of condolence or condemnation on the killing of the army or paramilitary police personal at the hands of terrorists or their planted mines.He did not issue any statement even on the killing of 28 BSF personal in a mine blast in the lower Munda area of Anantnag,as he was 'advised'that it would annoy militants and their sympathizers by some of his close aides.A fidayeen attack in the neighbourhood of his official residence in Srinagar in 2004,made him change his stance.He would issue statements condemning the incidents of violence by militants,but would shy away from calling them militants or terrorists,instead he invented the phrase "enemies of peace"for them.He however never went to any wreath laying ceremony of soldiers or policemen.
*His successor Ghulam Nabi Azad,stated a new cult.He would end his speech even at places like Sopore-the strongest bastion of of militancy to date-with "jai Hind"and would visit the army and para military forces camps to lay wreath whenever there were such occasions.He would condemn the terrorist strikes in unequivocal terms and was the great defender of security forces and their actions.
*Omar Abdullah,who lost elections in 2002,learnt not to condemn Pakistan for any terror strike nor would he blame militants. He was told that he and his party has lost the assembly polls because of his and his father's anti-Pakistan and anti-militancy utterances.Now he is the one who is following the footsteps of his rival in Kashmir politics,changing the course from anti-Pakistan to involving Pakistan in the resolution of Kashmir issue.On Wednesday-March 13,when the news of the killing of five CRPF troopers came,Omar gave a bland statement in the legislative assembly,saying that five CRPF troopers have been "martyred",two fidayeen have been "neutralized".Next day-on March 14-he did not visit the District police lines,Srinagar to offer floral tributes to the five slain troopers.Only when he was told that CRPF jawans were angry over his absence,he rushed to the airport to bid adieu to the coffins of five jawans.
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