Ram Mandir: Tale of Hindu Resistance

AMIT GUPTA

On 22^nd January, Saga of fight for the Holy Land of the Hindus, the Birthplace of Lord Rama, at Ayodhya would come to an end when Prime Minister Narinder Modi will attend the consecration ceremony at the Ram Janam Bhoomi Temple. It is not just another Temple. It is the Tale of Hindu resistance for 500 Yrs to save civilization from the barbaric Islamists. It’s the story of resurgence of the Hindutva. It’s the story of the legal Battle fought for almost 200 yrs to claim the birthplace of the Lord Rama.

Rebuilding of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple would be a statement by the Hindus that it is our Indic civilization i.e Santan Dharma, which resisted and saved their culture. It is the statement to the world that all the cultures be it Romans, Persian or Egyptians withered to the Sword of the Islam but we stand tall and still fighting to the might to resist the Adharma

It is the heart wrenching saga of the sacrifices made by the Hindus since 500 yrs to reclaim their Holy Temple decimated by the Mir Baki, the commander of the forces of Turkish Invader Babur. It’s the epoch of Hindu might that they had not surrendered to Invaders, infact laid there lives fighting for their Dharma to rebuild the Temple. B it the Naga sadhus, Nihangs or those who fell prey to the bullets while decimating the Babri Masjid.

It is the story of the movement that changed the course of politics from appeasement of pseudo secularism to uniting Hindus from Kashmir to Kanya kumari and from Guwahati to Gujrat . No other event or movement has defined contemporary Indian history and politics more than the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. This movement paved way for the BJP  to dethrone the 135 yrs old Congress from the New Delhi.

 

While Hindus across the world cherish thios moment of return of King Rama to his Capital Ayodhya, lets recount  500Yrs of struggle of Ramjanam-Bhoomi in Chronological order.

Ayodhya, if we translate it means the place which cannot be won. In Arthveda, Ayodhya was mentioned as heavenly place build by the noble men of Swarga. But if we look in to the struggle of this sacred land, every foreign invader from the Central Asia tried to Attack and win it over to erase the Birth Place of Lord Rama from our Psyche, to annihilate the Hindus and to force them to surrender to their faith.

 

In Year 1528 Turkish Invader Babur’s commander Mir Baki destroyed the Ram Janambhoomi Temple and raised Mosque over there, the Mosque would be called Babri Masjid in the later Years.

 

From 1528- 1731 for almost 200 Yrs Hindus were in struggle for 64 Times with Islamic forces occupying the sacred land lead by Saints, Nagas and even the local Hindu Chieftans. It is believed the more then 1 lakh people laid lives to reclaim the Temple.

 

year 1822, Report submitted by officer of Faizabad court Hafizullah admitting the construction of the Masque over the Birth Place of Lord Rama became the first documentary evidence of destruction of the Ram Janmbhoomi Temple by Turkish forces.

 

Yr 1859 Britishers took over the place and to avoid further confrontation sanctioned inner circle of the Mosque to Muslims for offering Namz and outer periphery for Hindus.

 

1860: Perturbed by the ousting of the Hindus from the disputed complex, group lead by Nihaang sardars erected a Nishaan Sahib with saffron Flag in the centre of the Masjid Complex and raised Chabutra there. The complaint was submitted in the office of the Deputy Commisoner Faizabad by Mir Razzan Ali, caretaker of the Mosque.

 

15 January 1885 was the Day when Mahant Raghubar Dass moved an application in civil court seeking permission for the construction of the Ram Temple at the same Chabutra, named now as Ram Chabutra.

 

17th March 1886: col F E Cammier in his judgement to the appeal of the Mahant Raghubar Dass acknowledged the destruction of the Ram Temple by the Islamists but ordered the maintenance of status-quo giving no relief to the Hindus.

 

March 1934: Following the cow slaugher in Faizabad, the riots erupted in the Ayodhya resulted in the partial destruction of the one of the wall and dome of the disputed Mosque. Later the govt got it built again.

 

 

 

23rd Dec 1949:  the idols of the Ramlalaalong with his brothers were found inside the Mosque. The Idols were installed by  Mahan Digvijay of Gorakhnath Peeth,  Mahant Abhiramdass of Nirmohi Akhara, Mahant Ramchander Paramhans of Digambar Akhada,  Mahant Raghav Dass nd Founder of Gita press Gorakhpur Hanumant Parsad Poddar.

 

* Yogi Adidyanath, present Chief Minister of the Utter Pardesh is the present Day Mahant of the same Gorakhpeeth.

 

Both Muslim and Hindus filed suit against each other and Govt declared the site as disputed one.

 

1950: Gopal Singh Visharadh of Hindu Mahasabha and Mahant Ramchander Parmhans moved to Faizabad court for the ownership of disputed site and requested for permission of daily Puja- Archana i.e Rituals.  Faiazabad court allowed the same and prohibits govt from the removal of the Idols from the Disputed site. But the inner part of the site remained in siege by the govt.

 

29th August 1964 on the occasion of the JanamAshtami, day of the birth of the Lord Krishna, Vishav Hindu Parishad(VHP) was formed.  RSS ideologue  M S Golwalikar, Sant Tukoji Maharaj , Master Tara singh of Akali Dal was amongst those present on the occasion.

 

It was the VHP in the later years lead the Agitation for the construction of the Ram Temple.

 

8th April 1984: Hindu organisations assembled in New Delhi and formed a “Ram Janmgnoomi Mukti Yagya Samiti’ headed by Mahant Avedhyanath. This samiti organized the Rallies across the country and gave impetus to Ram Jambhoomi Andolan.

 

Ist Feb 1986: in a dramatic turn of events District sessions Judge Faizabad  K. M Pandey in response to petition filled by Adv. Umesh Chander ordered the opening of the locks of the Babri Masjid and allowed Hindus to offer Puja Archana at the disputed site. The orders were executed within 40 minutes of the Judgement.

 

23rd Dec 1986. In response to the opening of the disputed site, Babri Masjid coordination committee was formed by the Muslim organisations headed by Sayeed Shhabuddin in New Delhi.

 

Ist April 1989. VHP in its Dharamsansad resolved to lay foundation stone of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya on 30th Septemeber and planned to collect Rs 25 crore donation for the cause.

 

June 1989: BJP in its Palampur conclave took the Ram Temple agitation in its Agenda and pledged to build the Ram temple terming it as a matter of Faith.

 

0ct- Nov 1989: 350000 shillas i.e  marvel stone Boulders engraved with Jai Shri Ram reached Ayodhya from every nook and corner of the Country.

 

9th Nov 1989: With the consent central Govt Led by Rajiv Gandhi and the parties of the dispute, ceremonial laying of Foundation stone i.e Shillanayas was done at the Singhdwaar of the Proposed Ram Temple but later on it came to forey that it happened at the disputed site.

 

June 1990: VHP in its conclave at Haridwar pledged to start the construction at the disputed site from oct 30. BJP leader L. K Advani announced to start Rathyatra from Somnath Temple to Ayodhya.

 

25th Sept 1990: L. K Advani started the Rathyatra from Somnath, which was scheduled to reach Ayodhya on October 30.

 

Mr Narinder Modi at That time was the emerging leader of Sangh In Gujrat and was the part of the team holding the charge of the Rathyatra arrangements.

 

23rd oct 1990: Lalu Prasad Yadav, then Chief Minister of Bihar got the L. K Advani arrested at Samstipur. BJP in response to that withdraw support from the Janta Dal Govt headed by Prime Minister V. P Singh.

 

30th oct 1990:  40 volunteersi.e Kaarsewaks got killed in Police firing when they flagged Bhgwa Dhwaj atop the dome of the disputed Mosque and started demolishing it. Subsequent to killing Riots erupted in many parts of the country.. Uttar Pardesh alone witnessed curfew in 42 districts.

 

7th Nov 1990: V. P singh govt failed to prove majority in Parliament and became the first casuality of the Hindutva Wave.

 

1991: In an election year, BJP voted to power in Uttar Pardesh riding the Hindutav wave . Congress Came to Power with PV Narsimha Rao as PM but BJP emerged at the second largest Party. The gain was momentous and set the ground for the BJP to claim the New Delhi throne.

 

1992: With Kalyan Singh as Chief Minister, UP govt started building forewall across the disputed complex. In March 1992, state govt allotted 43 acres of land acquired by it in 1988-89 to  Ramjanambhoomi Nyaas for the construction of Ramkatha Park.

 

9th July 1992:  VHP again started Karsewa at  disputed site and build concrete Chabutra.

 

23rd July 1992: supreme court prohibits any kind of construction at Ram Temple.

 

30 Oct 1992: Dharamsansad of all the Hindu religious organisations headed by VHP announced the start of the Karsewa from 30th oct.

 

6th Dec 1992: Comes the Day when VHP, BJP, BajrangDal, Shivsena supported Karsewaks demolished Babri Masjid aka disputed site brick by bRick nd the country witnessed the same on Television sets.  By the day end the Karswaks erected the temporary temple in a tented shed and installed the Ramlala Idols there.

 

 Riots engulfed the whole of the country usurping more then 3000 lives. Kalyan Singh sacrificed his govt for the cause of the Lord Rama.

 

L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Ashok Singhal are amongst the many who had been booked for the demolition of the Mosque under FIR no 198 in Ayofhya Police station.

 

7th Dec 1992: Central forces took Ramtemple in its control followed by the Ban on RSS, Bajrangdal, VHP and Jamaat-e-Islami.

 

15 Dec1992: All the BJP led Govts Including that of Rajasthan, Madhya Pardesh and Himachal Pardesh were sacked and Presidential Rule was enforced in these states.

 

16th Dec 1992: LK Advni and six others were arrested and sent to LalaitPur Jail.

 

7th Jan1993: Central Govt took control of the 67.7 acres of land of Ramjanam Bhoomi site including that of the temporarary temple.

 

11th March 1993: India witnessed first of its kind terror attack with serial Bomb Blasts in the financial capital of the country Mumbai. The serial Balsts were planned  and executed by the Underworld Don Dawood Ibrahaim. The blasts were done to avenge the Babri demolition. Whole of the Mumbai witnessed riots killing thousands.

 

1998: BJP led govt came to power in New Delhi for the first Time with L K Advani as Dy Prime Minister.

 

2002: Ram Mandir Movement took another turn when VHP gain started campaign to build Ramtemple and decided March 15 2002 as the Day to start again. Karsewaks from across the country again started there march to Ayodhya.

 

While returning from Ayodhya, the train coach of one such Karsewaks was attacked by Muslims at Godhra and were put to flames by Jehadi Mob. 58 Karsewaks were burnt alive. In reaction to such a ghastly act, whole of the Gujrat burnt with rage followed by riots killing 1200 people.

 

 The New Face of Hindutva was Born in all this. i.e Narinder Damodar Dass Modi.

 

2004: Congress came to power in the year 2004

 

2005: 5 Armed Islamic terrorists attacked the Ayodhya and tried to infiliterate in to the disputed site but was gunned down by the Security Forces stationed there.

 

June 2009: Liberahan commission, formed to investigate the demolition of the Babri Masjid submitted its report to govt creating pandemonium in Parliament as the commission held L K Advani and other BJP leaders responsible for the fate of the mosque.

 

 2010: Allahbad Highcourt in its judgement in the Ayofhya Dispute ordered to divide the disputed site in three parts. One third to Ramlala, represented by Hindu Mahasabha, one third to sunni Waqf Board and the remaining part to Nirmohi Akhaara.

 

In Dec 2010 Sunni Waqf Board and Hindu Mahasabha moved to supreme court against the Judgement and in May 2011 supreme Court stayed the division of the Land.

 

2014: New Mascot of Hindutva Narinder Modi Came to Power in New Delhi as Prime Minister followed which in yr 2015 VHP started the Construction of the Ram Mandir Shillas in Rajasthan.

 

21st March 2017: Supreme court ordered all the parties of the dispute to find the amicable solution out of the court as the matter is of sensitive nature.

 

8th Feb 2018: supreme court ordered the expedite the hearing in all the applications in the Ramjanam Bhoomi Case. CJI decided to her the case as a title suit deciding the ownership of the land rights and prohibits any new petitioner in the case.

 

14th March 2018: Supreme court rejected the petition of the 32 petitioners and allowed only those petitioners as party in the case who were litigants in  Allahabad High court.

 

27th Sept 2018: CJI Deepak Mishra headed three member bench rejected the Muslim side demand of taking Ismail Farookhi case in consideration while deciding the title suit. CJI in its judgement said that the suit wld be treated as title suit only and proceedings in the case would be as per the civil suit.

9th Nov 2019: 5 member Bench of Supreme Court of India headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in its landmark judgement ordered to handover diusputed land of 2.77 Acres to the trust to be created by Govt to build Ram temple at Ram Janambhoomi.

 

In 1045 Page judgment has gone through various kinds of evidence- archaeological, documentary and witness statements- to show that there was a "continuing and undisputed belief" of the Hindus in the existence of the Ram Janmabhoomi at Ayodhya.

While developing the legal reasoning for their decision, the judges, who gave a unanimous 5-0 judgment in favour of the claims of the Ram Lalla, noted that the Muslim petitioners were not able to show they were in possession of the property in an "exclusive and exclusionary" manner.

 

On 5th August  Prime Minister Narinder Modi Laid foundation stone of the Ram Temple.

 

GilGit Baltistan: The Forgotten Territory or Scene in The Great Game

GilGit Baltistan: The Forgotten Territory or Scene in The Great Game

Gilgit Baltistan, the territory blessed with the scenic beauty, mountain ranges and its natural reserves is almost forgotten had again came to fore in International Politics when India last week issued Demarche to Pakistan on its illegal occupation to the said territory. Followed by the Demarche order, moving one step ahead Modi Govt started broadcasting the weather bulletin of the whole of the Pak occupied Jammu Kashmir including Gilgit Baltistan. Very few knew that Gilgit Baltistaan is also part of disputed Part of Jammu Kashmir illegally occupied by Pakistan.

The said move came as an Indian Response in the wake of an order by the Pakistan Supreme Court last week where it issued notices to the Advocate General of Gilgit-Baltistan, directing it to amend the Gilgit-Baltistan Order-2018 and establishing a caretaker government there.

The tenure of the present Gilgit-Baltistan government expires this June and the next general elections will be held within two months. This election is for the Gilgit-Baltistan Council.

Despite being controlled administratively from Islamabad since 1947, Gilgit-Baltistan continues to remain illegally occupied by Pakistan. It is Neither Independent nor a Province of Pakistan

The experts are of the view that Pakistan wanted to annex the Area as fifth Province visualizing China’s interest in the area keeping in view the ambitious China -Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). China had invested almost 60 Billion Us Dollars in this Project. Pakistan always used the region as a bait for its geo- political gains as the region is Gateway to the Central Asia. Pakistan always treated the region as colony and exploited the natural resources of the region like anything.

In 1963, Pak gave 5000 sq Kms of the area to China giving entry to this region. In 1989 China started Korakoram Highway connecting its Xinjiang Province to The Abbotabad.  The CPEC is nothing but the modernized and extended Korokoram Highway to Gowadar Port giving direct access of Arabian sea to China. Though not having any marine borders with the Arabian Sea would be able to transport its cargo in 48hrs to Gawadar Port at Arabian sea just opposite to Oman and UAE.   India always protested the CPEC and termed it as illegal as Gilgit Baltistan was never annexed with Pakistan.

China, who had invested heavily and in view its expansionist and economic interests wanted full control in the region.

In 2010, New York times published the report regarding the increased Chinese clout in the area and said that there were among 20,000 Chinese soldiers in the Gilgit Baltistaan region. It has discreet hold on the area and build 22 underground tunnels. AS per the report Chinese Missiles were deployed in these tunnels and even Pak Army  was having n access to these tunnels. 

Geo-Political, Strategic And Historic Perspective

The Gilgit Baltistan, though a serene mountainous valley, remained bone of contention since Mid Ninteenth century till date due to its Geographical presence and became the scene of the Great Game between the Geo-Political Powers. In 19^th Century it was Dogras, Sikhs, Britishers, Russians, Afghans and Post 1947 New Players like Pakistan, China, Iran and India emerged. Gilgit Baltistaan is home to Himalaya, Hindukush and Karakorum Mountain ranges.

Gateway to the central Asia it borders to Khyber Pakhtunwa of Pakistan to west, Afghanistan to north and Chinas Xinyang province to its east. And importantly to tell that is almost 200 Kms away Northwest from Srinagar.

If we look at it historically, Gilgit Baltistaan was part of Jammu and Kashmir, since 1840,when Valiant Dogra Commander, Gen Zorawar Singh launched his campaign and  conquered Skardu. After the fall of the Skardu, Gen Zorawar Singh Marched towards western Tibet. By 1860 ,the whole of the Gilgit Baltistaan was under the Dogra Dynasty.

In view of the strategic importance of the northern areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the British entered into an agreement with the Maharaja Ranbhir Singh of Dogra Dynasty ,in 1877. A dual control agreement was made and a British political agent was appointed.

In 1889, a new agency was established in these areas and the British Resident in Kashmir was put in charge of its administrative control and Named as Gilgit Agency. Notable among these areas of 14,680 sq miles, comprising that agency were Gilgit, Hunza Nagar, Ponial, Jagir, Yasin, Kuh, Ghizer, Iskhoman and Chilas. Even in the reports of the census, conducted by the Government of India in 1911,1921,1931 and 1941, the districts of Ladakh, Gilgit, and the Gilgit Political agency were shown as part of Jammu and Kashmir.

In 1935, sensing the Soviet Threat Via Afghanistan, the British Indian Government therefore acquired the territory of Gilgit subdivision from the Maharaja on a 60-year lease under an agreement dated 29 Mar 1935. This agreement was rescinded in Aug 1947, before the emergence of Pakistan and India as two independent states and the British Government returned Gilgit to the Maharaja of J&K. The Maharaja treated Gilgit as his third province and appointed Brig Ghansara Singh as its Governor. Legally and technically, therefore, under the instrument of Accession signed by the Maharaja, this area rightfully belongs to India.

The sinister of Britishers:

Though Britishers gave back the Gilgit Baltistan to Maharaja but they made a sinister Plan to ensure that it would not last long with Dogras and kept Major William Brown in the service of Maharaja, as commander in Chief of the Gilgit Scouts till the transfer of powers completely to Maharaja Hari Singh.

But Major William Brown mutinied on 1 November 1947, overthrowing the Maharajas Governor Ghansara Singh. The bloodless coup’ detat was planned by Brown to the last detail under the code name "Datta Khel", which was also joined by Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir 6th Infantry, under Mirza Hassan Khan. The Hindu soldiers were brutally murdered by the mutineer Muslim soldiers.  A provisional government (Aburi Hakoomat) was with Raja Shah Rais Khan as the president and Mirza Hassan Khan as the commander-in-chief. However, Major Brown had already telegraphed Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan asking Pakistan to take over. The Pakistani political agent, Khan Mohammad Alam Khan, arrived on 16 November 1947 and took over the administration of Gilgit.

On 1 January 1948, India took the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to the United Nations Security Council. In April 1948, the Council passed a resolution calling for Pakistan to withdraw from whole Jammu and Kashmir. However, no withdrawal was ever carried out, Gilgit-Baltistan and a western portion of the state have remained under the control of Pakistan since then.

Renaissance to Kashmir issue

After 1948 Gilgit Baltistaan chapter was completely washed out from the Indian Psyche. People had almost forgotten that this place is also an Illegal occupation of Pakistan. Indian Polity always talked about Pak Occupied Kashmir like Muzzafarabad but removed Gilgit Baltistaan from Its consciousness. In 2014 when PM Narinder Modi Took oath as Prime Minister, Gilgit Baltistaan emerged as a key factor in Kashmir dispute. The diplomatic relations were redrawn and Modi Led Govt raised the Gilgit Baltistaan issue to neutralize the Pak claims on Kashmir. In his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15^th Aug 2016, Prime Minister Narinder Modi mentioned Gilgit Baltistaan and cleared his stance on the issue. Home Minister Amit Shah, in his address to the Parliament post 5^th August, after the abrogation of Art 370, mentioned Gilgit Baltistaan as an integral part of India and referred it as an extension of Ladakh.

Modi Govt which worked on the doctrine of Defensive offence knows it well that the It is Gilgit Baltistan which proves as an India’s End Game in the Great Game,

Handwara: Story of Fallen soldiers

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Indian Army Paying Tribute To Handwara Martyrs

  Handwara: The story of Fallen soldiers

 Sunday 3rd May When the armed forces across the nation was going to salute the COVID  Warriors, Country was awaken with the News of missing of the Commanding Oficer, Major and 3 other in Handwara area of the Kupwara district of Kashmir followed by the confirmation of their martyrdom

The Five fallen soldiers include Col Ashutosh Sharma, the 44-year-old commanding officer of the21 Rashtriya Rifles battalion, company commander Major Anuj Sood, 30, Naik Rajesh Kumar, 29, Lance Naik Dinesh Singh, 24, and J&K Police Sub Inspector Sageer Pathan alias Qazi, 41.
The news of their getting trapped in a House and being non contactable infact came at Saturday i.e 2nd May evening at around 6.30Pm.

The way the casualty of the five SF persons happened raised the suspicion Counter terrorism experts that there is High probability that these soldiers were decoyed by the Terrorists.

The experts are of the opinion that LeT terrorists used civilians as bait and lured the CO of the 21RR with an offer to surrender and release of the civilians.
Immediately after being trapped by the security Forces in a house, the cry for help and to save came from the encounter site. When appealed by the forces to release the inhabitants of the house the terrorists immediately offered to surrender and lured the CO to come inside for the rescue of the Kidnapped.
The chronology of Commanding Officer and others lost contact immediately after entry to the house raised suspicion that there were more no. of terrorists inside the house. And the cry for help was in fact bait to trap the SFs.  Not even a single civilian was kept hostage for long and no causality.

 The Saturday encounter was in succession to the combing operation launched by the 21RR, SoG and CRPF for the last 5 days in the Handwara forests after getting specific inputs about the intrusion of terrorists from Kupwara sector to the  Handwara Forest area.
Continuing with the tradition of Indian Army leading from the Front, Col Ashutosh Sharma was himself leading the operation. It got messed up when terrorist group suspected to be of 5 to 6 members, mingled with the local villagers who had been to the forest Area to collect Mushroom and local herb Gucchi.
On 1st May the terrorists likely to be supported by these locals breached the SF fortification from Yachal Rajwal Forests and again intercepted by 21RR in Handwara on 2nd May. The encounter started at around 4.PM.
 Immediately after the intrusion in the House they fell prey to the inevitable and lost connect with the troops stranded outside.
The team stranded outside was regularly calling on the phone of the CO Ashustosh and Major Anuj but the calls remains unanswered.



It is pertinent to mention that it is not the only incident where officer of the Rank of Commanding Officer made supreme Sacrifice. The other incidents of the CO fallen in the counter insurgency ops in Valley.
IN July 2018 commanding Officer of the 41RR Col Santosh laid his life in Kupwara sector and achieved Martyrdom
Same way in 2015, Col M N Roy also got Martyred in an encounter in south Kashmir Tral Area in an operation to eliminate ToP HM commander Aaabid Khan.

But My Question Is Whom We are Saving in Kashmir ?
Those who sided the terrorists, who Threw stones to gave safe passage to Islamic Mujahids OR
Those who finally Answered ‘Assalamualaikum’ !   from the Phone of the COL Ashutosh Sharma when his regiment called .

Article 35-A, J&K AT CROSSROADS

:  In Jammu and Kashmir protests never die, so are the issues.  Being protestant for the last seventy years Kashmiris find one reason or other to fuel their ongoing secessionist movement against India, the larger democracy in the world.  And this time petition seeking Abrogation of Article 35- A of constitution of India sparks a new row as Jammu and Kashmir regions pitted against each other on the same.

All the Separatists, political organizations including PDP, NC , Congress and trade organizations came together and asked for the two days Bandh on 5 th and 6^th August as Supreme court will hear the petition seeking repealing of Article 35-A. Former Chief Ministers including Mehbooba  and Omar Abdullah also made their intentions clear on the issue and warned of massive protests  and violence if Article 35A was abrogated.  They even moved one step ahead and told that there would be no  one in Valley shouldering Tricolour if Article 35-A got abrogated.

Article 35- A further widens the rift between Jammu and Kashmir regions as Jammu people being the nationalist are supporting the abrogation terming it as Gender Discriminatory and patriarchal. It restrains the rights of the women and her children being citizen of Jammu and Kashmir if she marries the man outside the J&K. And it limits the fundamental rights of the citizens of other states in Jammu and Kashmir.  Jammu based Lawyer Ankur Sharma contested the support of  Kashmiri secessionists to Article -35 A saying that this Article forms the theocratic and theological state within the Indian state and should be abrogated immediately if Nation wants to save Kashmir from Muslim Blackmail.

To understand the contention on the issue one must understand the Article 35-A.

 Article 35A was introduced in 1954 by the way of a Constitutional Order by the then President Rajendra Prasad on the advice of the Nehru government. To make any changes to the constitution or add a new law, the process prescribed by the constitution is to introduce the Bill in the Parliament. However in this case Bill was not presented in .    

So did the President act outside his jurisdiction? 

Is Article 35A void because the Nehru government did not place it before Parliament for discussion?

This question remains open.

A writ petition filed by NGO We the Citizens challenges the validity of both Article 35A and Article 370. It argues that. Article 370 was only a ‘temporary provision’ to help bring normality in Jammu and Kashmir and strengthen democracy in that State, it contends. The Constitution-makers did not intend Article 370 to be a tool to bring permanent amendments, like Article 35A, in the Constitution. 

The petition said Article 35 A is against the “very spirit of oneness of India” as it creates a “class within a class of Indian citizens”. Restricting citizens from other States from getting employment or buying property within Jammu and Kashmir is a violation of fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.

 On the other side Are the Kashmiri secessionists who found it other opportunity to protest and raise Anti-Indian sentiment as they are claiming that Abbrogation of Article 35-A is a direct attack on there identity and special status conferred to them by Article 370.

BJP led centre Govt is also at the crossroads on the issue as 35-A abrogation woulld make Article 370 Null and void and help them in 2019 Polls. Terming the matter being subjudiced BJP keeps a safe distance from the matter as in both ways they would gain.

Kashmir-The Ggreat Game

Kashmir-The Ggreat Game

With the popular discovery of cricket, football, golf etc., everything suddenly became a game. The word was bandied about as loosely as, more recently, the word ‘scene’. The phrase ‘Great Game’ was coined in mid-nineteenth century following the long rivalry between Russia and British India for control of Central Asia. Kashmir itself became a game when British Government transferred it to Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu for a sum of Rs. 75 lakh in March 1846. Gilgit, the remote outpost of the Dogra Dynasty became a nerve centre of the Great Game.

At the time of partition of the Indian sub-continent, Kashmir Valley became a game between India and the newly carved state of Pakistan. After a few years, evil eyes of western powers fell on it, creating a headache for India with which Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler acceded the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Since then the state once again bade adieu to peaceful days. Peaceful times can be counted as merely punctuation marks in a long description. The situation reached its nadir in 1989 when secessionist elements revived their nefarious activities under the cover of religious fanaticism in an unprecedented manner. By 1993, the movement for azadi was completely usurped by Islamic terrorists. Since then, Kashmir Valley followed by Jammu have become a playing ground for ‘dirty games’ by religious leaders, politicians, bureaucrats, journalists and their political and religious mentors across the line of control between India and Pakistan, dividing Kashmir into two parts. The victims are hapless Kashmiris who have fallen pray to dirty games.
At the time of partition of the country in 1947, Majaz said quietly:
All these whose hands are dripping with blood
They were the very messiahs, the Khizrs.

There is an old saying about Kashmir “The earth, whose dust conceals the fire of the Chinar in its conscience
Can never go cold,