J&K: PDP alleges 'unbridled' exercise of power by 'security-bureaucracy combine'

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP on Tuesday slammed the BJPs policy on Jammu and Kashmir and alleged the entire country is hurtling fast towards KashmirisationldquoThe residents of JK are faced with an existential threat as a distinct political cultural ethnic and religious collage that just three years back was a true jewel of the crown for our multicultural multireligious democratic countryrdquo it claimed in a resolution at a meeting of the state party executive hereThe party renewed its pledge to fight peacefully and democratically for the restoration of our illegally snatched constitutional rights a reference to the abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre on August 5 2019We are doubly worried that as our leadership had cautioned the entire country is hurtling fast to what has now been aptly adapted as a metaphor Kashmirisation it saidThe PDP charged that Jammu and Kashmir continues to witness unbridled exercise of power by the securitybureaucracy combine drawing strength from those who represent none in the stateThe protagonists of accession to a secular democratic India rejected the twonation theory on the solemn pledge of Indian leadership that was included in the Constitution under Articles 370 and 35A the PDP saidWe are witnessing new narratives around Kashmir and Ladakh that have only further destabilised the region and increased challenges for our defence forces and economy the party claimed at the meeting held at PDP president Mehbooba Muftis residence in Khimber area on the outskirts of the cityAlso readConvene a special session of Legislature to discuss current issues in state says Nana PatoleIt urged other opposition parties to reach out to the people of JK as it hit out at what it called the Akhand Bharat delusion of BJP leadership and their followersReferring to the recent militant attack in Poonch in which five soldiers were killed the PDP strongly denounced and condemned resorting to violence of any kind for achieving any goal and alleged total collapse of security system in PoonchRajouri districtsThe meeting expressed satisfaction over the ceasefire along the Line of Control LoC which has provided a breathing space to the population living in those areasPDP believes the peace on borders should be used as an opportunity to revive the environment and peace process where it was left in 2005 Resumption of trade and travel should be prioritised along with the restoration of states constitutional status it saidThe party said there are no shortcuts to lasting peace in the state and region as is evidenced by the complete flop of muscular policies adopted by the BJP government in the last five years of direct ruleThe process has to be led by the people and aided by our government and Pakistan While forums like SCO and G20 are important for their diplomatic value the PDP believes it is the SAARC that has the potential for changing the lives of the largest mass of povertystricken people inhabiting South Asia it saidThe party called upon the national leadership to rise above its domestic political engagement and acquire for India its natural leadership role in South AsiaIts in the revival of SAARC and establishment of lasting peace with dignity in JK that India can genuinely become a Vishwaguru and lead its own economic revival along with its neighbours and rest of the world it addedThe party called for the release of all political prisoners as a goodwill gesture and demanded the security agencies be held accountable for their actionsThe party reiterated its commitment towards making every effort to facilitate and ensure the dignified return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit migrants and condemned the violence perpetrated selectively against themWe believe the sociocultural structure of Kashmir will remain incomplete without their dignified return to their homes it said