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By lazily blaming Pakistan, Delhi shows how little it cares for a Kashmir solution 7 hours ago Updated 7 hours ago Shoaib Daniyal Foreign excuse On Monday, Union home minister Rajnath Singh spoke in Parliament about Jammu and Kashmir. After nearly 10 days of unrest and nearly 50 Kashmiris killed, one might have expected statesmanship and sagacity from Delhi. Sadly, Singh pulled out the oldest trick in the Union government’s playbook: blame the foreign hand. “Whatever is happening in Kashmir is Pakistan-sponsored,” said Singh. The fact that Pakistan plays a deleterious role in Kashmir is without doubt. But at this juncture, for the Indian government to simply fob off all blame on Islamabad is lazy at best. As the scale of the violence and protest crowds after Burhan Wani’s killing show, there is a real political problem in Kashmir that requires a real political situation. This is nothing new for Delhi. The Union government has always resorted to short cuts when dealing with Kashmir. In 1953, as relations between Kashmir’s tallest leaders Sheikh Abdullah and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru soured, Nehru simple had him locked up for 11 years. In 1987, it is widely believe that Delhi and the National Conference colluded to rig the Assembly election. As democratic politics was shut off for Kashmirs they took up arms and, within a few years, militancy was raging in the state. Of course, if nothing works, there is always the might of the Indian state. Kashmir is one of the most militarised regions on the planet. Even in the current round of agitations, Indian security forces have reacted with unusual force, killing nearly 50 Kashmiris and gagging the press. Blaming Pakistan and flooding the state with military personnel are at best temporary measures. Kashmir is a political problem and it requires a political situation. Sadly, it seems that no one in Delhi cares enough to go to the trouble of even attempting one, preferring to go by the 70-year old Union government playbook. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
