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JKLDP only alternative to PDP, NCP in J&K: Nawab Nasir Aman
Dr Nawab Nasir Aman, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberal Democratic Party, is empathic that New Delhi should listen to voices of moderation. Otherwise, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir could worsen.
Hyderabad: Dr Nawab Nasir Aman, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberal Democratic Party, is empathic that New Delhi should listen to voices of moderation. Otherwise, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir could worsen.
A doctor by profession, Nawab Nasir Aman joined politics as he believed that the Jammu and Kashmir requires more liberal faces who could be the best alternative to politicians belonging to two major political parties PDP and NCP, who according to him, have continuously misrepresented the state of affairs to New Delhi. Coming from the family of a Congress party leader, he has chosen a different path in this endeavour.
Citing the statements of the Chief Minister Sayeed Mehbooba Mufti that only 5 per cent of people have incited violence, he wondered how is it possible for such a small percentage of people could prevail upon large population.
These kinds of statements are most likely to undermine the efforts to broker peace. It would also adversely come in the way of the Union government diagnose the underlying problem in the State. “This is an unholy alliance of PDP and BJP which has failed to achieve any progress.
If there is any MoU between two political parties for achieving something concrete, they should have made it public long ago. Now the situation is that the Chief Minister is not able to facilitate holding election in Anantnag,” he said.
Talking about the lawmakers from the Kashmir, he said that almost all of them cannot venture into pubic without any ‘protective gear’ consisting of about 50 security personnel. This security measures has only alienated politicians from core of their constituents, who wish to discuss their problems.
Talk about elections, Nasir Aman explains that the turn of events has made this entire process invalid as the voter turnout which was 80 per cent in 2014 has dropped to 5 per cent in 2016.
Citing the example of Burhan Wani, whose encounter had ‘triggered’ unrest in Valley, he noted that youth were attracted more to militancy because most of them had lost some of their close relatives during the last few decades. “Who is responsible for transforming Syed Salahuddin, a contestant, to take up arms? If they had an opportunity to contest, they would have not taken to militancy,” said Nasir Aman.
“Instead of glorifying the militants as heroes, a concerted effort should be made to spread the voice of moderation among the people,” he said. Even though local media is more objective in reporting incident, the national media has failed to take forward the message from Valley to New Delhi.
“Our voices remain unheard at national level and those who speak about Kashmir do not have grass roots level knowledge about politics and sentiments,” he points.
Regarding the financial aid to the State, he regretted that it was meagre. He recalled that the Centre’s aid to the State after Jammu and Kashmir was hit floods was insufficient. Each of the family hit by floods was given just Rs 3,800 as compensation.
Almost 50 per cent of victims did not receive any aid at all, he said. New Delhi should consider the problem in the State from humanitarian angle and give liberal aid, he added.
By MOHD NIZAMUDDIN
