To designate Hizbul Mujahideen
chief Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist by US is nothing more than a
political gimmick. Hizbul Mujahideen is an official militant wing of
Jamat-e-Islami which is not only in Jammu Kashmir but also a
religio-political-party both in India and Pakistan. In fact it was India itself
had introduced Jamat-e-Islami in Jammu Kashmir to counter democratic freedom
movement then spearheaded by late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah. One can call
Muhammad Ibn-e-Abdul Whab of Najad as the great grandfather of present jihadi
Islam and the founder of Jamat-e-Islami Syed Mawdoodi as grandfather of it.
Yousuf Shah now known as Salahuddin and his group of jihadi organizations known
as Jihad council are based in PoK, cannot utter a word without the permission
of Pakistani security establishment. His statements were part of Pakistan's 3
folds tactical manoeuvring - isolating people's democratic aspirations at world
stage; using popular support of Kashmir for freedom as bargaining chip with
India; practically to hide behind Indian rigid position of bilateralism except
to issue statements. This policy is nothing but to Isolate world's direct
attention to Kashmir and to ensure an image of bilateral aspect happening in
Kashmir which negate the people of the state and force world community to see
it through a desired lenses of Delhi and Islamabad.
This kind of Indo-Pak ruling
class attitude goes back to 50s. Rumours were spread against Sheikh Muhammad
Abdullah that he was preparing to declare unilaterally an Independent Jammu
Kashmir state with the consent of USA. I myself was told in London by late
Harkishan Singh Surjeet who had been general secretary of Indian CPI (M) that
"Sheikh Abdullah was going to declare an Independent Kashmir with the consent
of USA, then, I was looking after Kashmir, so we toppled his government."
I looked at his face to gauge an Indian Marxist and his concept of freedom!
Same story had happened on Pakistani side of Kashmir. When Sardar Muhammad
Ibrahim Khan had given his advice to Pakistan Foreign Office for the withdrawal
of Pakistani troops or at least to bring them down to Pakistani border areas so
that Indian could not have an option to use it as a pretext for an escape
route. Instead of implementing his recommendation, his government was dismissed
with a smear campaign that Sardar Ibrahim Khan with the collaboration of
British was promoting an agenda for an Independent Kashmir. That is why he want
Pakistani troops to be withdrawn from that territory. Same old story was
repeated with late Amanullah Khan. A conspiracy was woven at Islamabad to
isolate him and his organization JKL from an opportunity of inter-action with diplomats
and delink their link from diplomatic venues. While he was in New York
campaigning at diplomatic front, his organization's fake linkage was spread to
world resulting his ban on travel out of Pakistan.
So, to me, Syed Salahuddin case
is nothing, but, another Indo-Pak political gimmick over Kashmir. Kashmir
question is the question of freedom vs. colonial occupation and must be seen in
this context. The people on both sides of the divide need to decide their
future through ballot not bullet and world community must put pressure on both
states to allow UN to play its leading role in it. Indo-Pak territorial greed
is the core hurdle in the path of people's right to exercise their right to
self-determination. This policy serve no purpose or benefit to the people of
both India and Pakistan but it serve the petty interest of the ruling elites.
It is time that both countries avoid to hide behind blame games and allow
people of the state to unite to have free movement in their own land so they
can decide their future through free will by electing their own representatives
and formulating their own constitution.
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