J&K crisis Day-2 of Jail Bharo Andolan

I vented out the major concerns and analysis about the "Jail Bharo Andolan" in my previous post. I am glad that people of Jammu are continuing to vent out there fight against separatist. Second day of "Jail Bharo Andolan" called by the SASS went on peacefully with minor incidents of stone pelting on a cultural function organized by the government in the midst of such a national movement. What was most heartening and phenomenal was the fact that those who got themselves arrested were largely women, sikhs, muslims and other community people in the Jammu area. Also more arrest was recorded on day 2 than on day 1, showing that the national movement is gathering strength and support from all quarters, communities, religion and sex.

In the valley the things went on calm and smooth as normalcy was restored after the Hurriyat leaders called off separatist movement for 3 days, as a gesture more directed to show UN body of who exercise control over the law and order in the valley. It was also much directed towards the government for bending on the separatists demand of opening up of Muzzafarabad road, and letting them to march towards the UN office in Srinagar.

Many will argue that it was BJP who communalized the Amarnath Land Row, and did what even the Hurriyat couldn't do in 50 years. Though it was BJP's sound efforts during Vajpayee's regime that it effectively carried out the peace process and the separatist couldn't polarize the state. In fact, it was the inability of the current state and central government which didn't carried the peace process ahead and also gave separatist a chance to polarize the otherwise peaceful state by enticing Hindu's and Muslim's alike. First, by not taking any stern actions when the controversy started over a piece of land which was always India's and therefore should have been rightly fully transfered to the shrine board as and when deemed. Second, by appeasing the separatist by revoking an order which was already cleared in the assembly.

Let us hope that the UPA government learns through there mistakes and stop appeasing any one community for its vote bank. Narendra Modi have effectively demonstrated that how without appeasement politics terrorists can be nabbed by sheer will and intelligence. He has also proved that to hunt an animal one has to go to the forest, one can not hope that the forest will come to him, in the process you might hurt some shrubs but at the end you save hundreds of lives and face of a community.