By Ahmed Saeed*
Jammu & Kashmir is one amongst such terrains within the world that continues to be contested. Though Kashmir Freedom Movement encompasses a decades-old history of struggle and resistance against Indian Occupation and state-sponsored brutalities, Narendra Modi’s accession to power created an atmosphere comparatively hostile and chaotic. Under the banner of the BJP, it had been one of the core agendas of Narendra Modi-led BJP to invoke Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to abolish the autonomous standing of Jammu & Kashmir. By doing so, it permits the Modi-led government to further amend Article 35-A, permitting non-Kashmiris to shop for property in Jammu & Kashmir. Once BJP succeeded to amend the constitution, it had been planned to change the demographic standing of the territory and derail the wide echoed right of self-determination. Jammu & Kashmir’s leadership was well-aware of Modi’s malicious styles and so, they continued to boost the decision against New Delhi’s infiltration into the territory through public processions
India’s atrocities against the people of Kashmir are war crimes and have gone past the stage of human rights violations. These are being committed by the Indian occupying force and militias against the people of Kashmir as a region of a larger design to change the very character of the state by sterilizing its demographics. And restricting worshipers from attending nonsecular prayers was a plain manifestation of Modi’s fascist mindset. Modi’s advocate (Hindutva) ideology had turned Kashmir into a virtual hell for its voters. Unfortunately, this cruel methodology has been a standard feature and also the primary tool of India’s BJP government to suppress the liberty movement.
When it involves the humanitarian dimensions of Indian occupation and coercion within the Jammu and Kashmir territory, the facts as quoted by International Human Rights observers and a few independent exemplary teams portray an especially unsatisfying scenario. Defense Force Special Powers Act that was incorporated into the Indian constitution in 1990 remains in effect that authorizes security forces within the state of Jammu and Kashmir to use deadly force to maintain law and order and arrest anyone against whom an inexpensive suspicion exists” while not informing the captive of the grounds for arrest.
Besides unexplained arrests of the Kashmiri males, the females bear an incomprehensible magnitude of trauma. This trauma isn’t solely a derivative of the end of the male heads and figures of their families however conjointly a dire repercussion of subjection to physical and statutory offense at the hands of the safety forces. Within the employment of rape as an associate instrument of conflict, their bodies are relegated to battlegrounds for subsidence scores, since it’s not solely tried at displaying power but conjointly a method of compromising and tainting the collective honor and purity of the Kashmiri community.
Moreover, BJP’s hostile policy on Kashmir is driven by its racial bias, preconception, and its zeal for turning India into a Hindu Rashtra. Terming such acts as an associate infringement on non secular matters of Kashmiri Muslims, blackballing people from providing congregational prayers within the historic masjid was the worst example of political theory. The policy of motioning down places of worship and limiting worshipers from attending nonsecular gatherings was like the policy Israel has been active against Muslims in Palestine. Modi’s racial regime is resolute in turning the geographic region into Palestine.
Contrary to the Indian government’s claims, several Kashmiris support the reason behind the separatists and came in droves to protest against Indian rule and military operations within the state.in reality, Kashmiri youth are at the forefront of the new wave of violence. Specialists say that a lot of those teenagers, born after the beginning of the revolt in 1989, do not feel any association with New Delhi. According to the most recent census, nearly sixty % of Kashmir’s male residents are under the age of thirty, and seventy % are below the age of thirty-five. This brave youth stood against Modi’s fascist regime and its unwell techniques in geographic regions.
Kashmiris are an emblem of exemplary bravery for the planet. They have suffered the worst human rights abuses for quite seventy years and can still persevere fighting for their basic rights. Kashmir’s separation from India is complete, for it signifies the people of Kashmir. One might have occupied their land, however, their hearts and minds are forever alienated from them. Right away you’re the victor, you’ll be able to threaten them. However, you no longer have the courage to look them straight in the eye and talk over them. Here, one would love to repeat Kalhana’s saying concerning Kashmir and Kashmiris. “The country of Kashmir is also conquered by the force of nonsecular benefit, however not by the force of soldiers!” therefore the sooner the nonsecular facet is obsessed, the higher for one and all!
In a nutshell, it may well be that India’s policy on Kashmir under PM Modi is offensive and has not attained any gains. It aggravates the truth within the territory. In between the spoiling developments, they’re the native Kashmiris’ that still endure oppression and reside in wretched living conditions. Jammu and Kashmir stay in a land of imminent unrest and coercion. If the policy of terrorism and brutality continues inflicting deep suffering on the people of Kashmir, it might turn into the significant increase of killings. The cycle of continued violence and terrorism will worsen the situation and sustainable peace would difficult to be ensured within the region. Without resolving this intractable conflict, regional peace and security stay in peril.
*Ahmed Saeed is an analyst based in Islamabad, Pakistan.
