Centre's current approach only 'alienating' Kashmiris, 'strengthening' separatism: J&K PDP

Separatism is an idea which cannot be confiscated or jailed and has to be addressed through dialogue and reconciliation the PDP has saidIt also said the Centres current approach is only serving to further alienate Kashmiris and strengthen the separatist sentimentIn the January edition of its monthly newsletter Speak Up which was released here on Tuesday the party said the gulf of mistrust between Kashmiris and other Indians is now wider than everThat is why on top of Aaadhar and other mandatory ID documents Kashmiris will now be required to have a JK family ID that ties individuals to their families so they can avail social benefits This unique family ID will be just another way for the government to tighten its iron grip around us so they can profile and surveil Kashmiris wherever they go the PDP saidAlso read Jammu amp Kashmir has turned into a tourist hotspot from terrorist hotspot MHA reportThe party led by Mehbooba Mufti said Kashmiris were nothing more than the inhabitants of a coveted piece of land a fact that is made evident by the different land laws that are thrown us at every few monthsThe latest of these is the Land Grant Rules2022 under which leased land will have to be surrendered to the government This is another land grab by GOI that will uproot local businesses hotels and other establishments it saidThe land will eventually be taken over by their corporate friends just like many airports railways stations LIC and other national assets it claimedThese drastic changes to our land laws in the name of reforms that end owners rights to their properties is another attempt to disempower our citizens and take away their land the newsletter saidThe PDP said the figures presented in Parliament about the actual investment in Jammu and Kashmir after 2019 have called off GOIs bluff about the deluge of investments that Kashmir received post the abrogation of Article 370The figures for the last year were less than half of what we received in 201718 Contrary to GOIs false assertions the abrogation was not the panacea to our problems Despite leaving no stone unturned having unleashed every government agency and using every antiterror law possible GOIs thirst for vengeance has not been quenched it claimedThe party said the measures to deal with Kashmir are only becoming more stringent with time as properties worth hundreds of crores that belonged to JamaateIslami have been seized by the State Investigation Agency SIA on the pretext of cracking down on separatismBut separatism is an idea and it cant be confiscated or jailed the PDP saidThe party said separatism has to be addressed through dialogue and reconciliationHowever through their current approach GOI is only serving to further alienate Kashmiris and strengthen the separatist sentiment it addedWhile the Centre claims to be following former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayjees footsteps in Kashmir this statement couldnt be further from the truth it chargedUnfortunately the chances of this government realizing Vajpayjees vision for Kashmir and engaging in dialogue are about the same as the dog eating your homework the party saidReferring to the recent encounter in Sidhra area of Jammu in which four militants were killed the PDP said it has exposed false claims of end of militancy in Jammu and KashmirThe recent encounter in Sidhra if it was an encounter at all has exposed false claims of the end of militancy in JK which has now spread to the Jammu region that was relatively more peaceful And now another heartbreaking incident at Dongri where six people including two children were killed it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever