Indian
Elections in Jammu & Kashmir
Report
5
Srinagar,
September
10:
In
Indian Occupied Kashmir, Phase 2 of poll's ploy tomorrow will be marked
by
complete strike to once again particularly prove to the world that
Kashmiris
want plebiscite, not sham polls. Call for the strike has been
given
by APHC.
Mir
Waiz Umer Farooq, addressing Jumma congregation at Markazi Jamia Mosque
in Srinagar today, expressed his confidence that the people of Doda,
Rajouri,
Poonch, Udhampur and Jammu would boycott the polls farce tomorrow
by
observing total strike. He said, Kashmiris tomorrow, in these areas,
would
stoutly resist, like the people of Srinagar and Budgam districts,
military's
attempt to drag them on gunpoint to polling booths. The people of
Baramula
and Kupwara districts, he was sure, would also totally frustrate
the
Indian poll's gimmick, in Phase 3, on September 18 by observing
crippling
strike.
Mirwaiz
Umer Farooq emphasized that instead of fake polls, East Timor like
referendum
must be held under UN auspices to settle the half-century-old
Kashmir
issue. He said, the world now realized that Kashmiris had no
interest
in election dramas and would make no bargain on their right to
self-determination.
The
former APHC Chairman strongly condemned use of brute force against the
APHC's
anti-polls teams and unsuccessful murder attempt on Syed Ali Shah
Gilani
in Handwara and Muhammad Yaseen Malik at Haajan, in Baramula
district.
Muhammad
Yaseen Malik was fired upon yesterday by Indian armed agents while he was
addressing an anti-polls rally at Haajan-Sonawari, in Baramula
district.
He escaped unhurt but several people were injured and the rally
was
turned into chaos. The local people forcefully demonstrated against this
dastardly
act. Muhammad Yaseen Malik and more than ten of his companions
including
Dr Ghulam Muhammad Hubbi were taken to police station and were
released
after two hours detention.
The
APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Gilani and his 22 companions were still
under
detention in Handwara police station. They were arrested from an
anti-polls
rally on Wednesday, which was subjected to brute military
violence.
Syed Ali Shah Gilani and several other people were injured. The
doctors
had advised that he should be taken to hospital but the puppet
administration
turned a deaf ear to the advice.
Meanwhile,
the head of the Kashmir Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmed Shah was
arrested
while on his way to Doda for anti-polls campaign. He was stopped at
Batote
on Srinagar-Jammu highway and was put under custody in a rest house.
The
President of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Front, Pandit Bhoshan Bazaz
in
a special interview in New Delhi today appealed to Kashmiri Pandits
including
those in refugee camps in New Delhi and Jammu to totally boycott
tomorrow's
polls just as they had done so.
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The
Statesman (Delhi) 11, September 1999
Voter
disenchantment NC's biggest enemy
AUNOHITA
MOJUMDAR
STATESMAN
NEWS SERVICE
Anantnag,
Sept 10. "You gave a blow to the albani (the National
Conference's
symbol) last year and now you ask for water" - the National
Conference
candidate, Mr. Ali Mohammad Naik, berates the electorate.
Streamers
of the NC's red flags are strung across the road. Bullet proof
vehicle
screech down. Cars with loudspeaker sing praises of the albani,
the
ruling party's formidable political machinery is out on the roads of
Kashmir's
towns and villages.
But
it faces an opponent more formidable than any political foe the
Kashmiri
voter's disenchantment with the process of governance and
electoral
politics.
The
Srinagar constituency had polled as little as 11.98 percent in the
first
phase of elections. But voters in Anantnag and Baramullah
constituencies
are even less enthused about the elections.
The
National Conference is wooing the voters with peace, development and
autonomy,
positioning the destruction of 10 years of militancy against
jobs,
roads, bridges and schools delivered in the three years of its
rule.
But
the slogans ring hollow in the remote villages. For them the reality
is
getting beaten by security forces, their jobs being seized by
relatives
of a National Conference MLA or MP, death of a civilian
written
off as a "terrorist" and militants coming knocking at night.
Strangely
it is the security forces who are now being blamed for
continued
militancy in the valley. "They keep the doors open," says
Rasheed
of Kulnag.
There
are no supporters of the Hurriyet here - but no one supports the
elections
either.
Sheikhupora
villagers stood on the road with petitions for water,
rations,
kerosene. But the convoy with their MLA and state power
minister
Abdul Rasheed Peer didn't even bother to stop, says Hameeda.
For
the past six months, the Army has become Sakhth - a common word to
describe
Army crackdowns, searches, harassment.
"We
don't support the Hurriyet, their leaders also make money", says
Abdul.
" But we will vote only if we were forced to".
Mr.
Peer agrees there is disenchantment. Even in 1998 voter turn out in
the
area - once considered an NC stronghold was only 15 percent. He
shifts
the blame of unkept promises to financial crunch.
Iqbal
of Kokernag takes a realistic appraisal of their performance. "
Our
experience are so high that no government would be able to fulfil
them."
He says.
But
he's sure elections are not the answer.
""There
has to be a political solution. The gun will not go until there
is
a dialogue to end all this.
What
happened in Kargil? It was the government of two countries warring
against
each other.
Kashmir
is only a means for them, a way of grabbing political office for
the
leaders of India and Pakistan. If they want to give us peace they
should
start talking".
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