Indian PM Manmohan Singh has no clue how to tackle the Hindu and Muslim aspirations of Jammu and Kashmir – a total failure by the Congress party
Media Release
Aug. 29, 2008

The Government of India led by India’s first Sikh Prime Minister has failed completely to tackle the sensitive issues in Jammu and Kashmir. The valley is under curfew for more than six days without much interruptions.

Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing widespread violent protests for more than two and a half months now. The protests were triggered following a dispute over 40 hectares of forestland allotted to the Amarnath shrine board, which looks after a Hindu pilgrimage spot. When the land allotment decision was reversed July 1 following a Muslim backlash in the valley, Hindus in the Jammu region started protests, blocking the movement of goods to the valley for some days.

More than 45 people have died, mostly in police and paramilitary firing, in the turmoil, which has been stoked both by separatist leaders in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley and Hindu groups in Jammu.

The unrest also breathed life into the separatist movement in Kashmir, which witnessed huge rallies in the last fortnight. The largest demonstration in two decades took place last Friday when tens of thousands of Kashmiris, including women, gathered in an open area of the Eidgah grounds in Srinagar's old city to demand ''freedom'' from India.

The normal life of common people in Jammu and Kashmir is paralysed. The Cable operators in the valley have stopped airing all national and international television news channels, including CNN-IBN, Times Now, NDTV, Zee News, Aaj Tak, Al-Jazeera, and BBC, to protest the alleged intimidation and harassment by government agencies. What is really amazing is that the Government led by Manmohan Singh is doing little to tackle the law and order of the state. Their party in Kashmir started the problem a few months back with bringing controversy over and distribution to a Hindu Shrine. The Government forced the State Government of Jammu and Kashmir to go back and forth on the issue igniting first the sentiments of the Hindus in Jammu and then that of the Muslims in Kashmir.

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