Sharnarthi Issue Hots Up: Hurriyat Convenes Emergency Meet

SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (M) has called for an emergency meeting of its Shura on Monday to chalk out the future strategy and furnish the details about concessions given to the West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs) settled in Jammu by the government of India.

Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq told CNS that the move on part of government of India to grant citizenship rights and other concessions to the refugees settled in Jammu is a serious and grave issue and the amalgam has decided to convene an emergency meeting of its shura to chalk out the future strategy.

“All the members of the Shura will participate in the meeting. We will furnish all the details about the serious issue and accordingly we will chalk out a strategy to counter the move,” Mirwaiz said.

Meanwhile, academician and eminent civil society member Dr Hameeda Nayeem while terming the issue disturbing for the people of Kashmir told CNS that Indian Parliament can’t thrust its decision upon the Muslims of the State. “Granting citizenship status is a state subject and Centre has no say in it. Ultimately, it will be the State Assembly that has to take call on the issue. If BJP wants to provide concessions to West Pakistan Refugees, still it has to wait for the State Assembly and in no way Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will pass the bill in this regard,” she said adding that it has been a routine for the New Delhi to create chaos and confusion in Valley by provoking the sentiments of common people. 

Move aimed at altering demography of JK: 

Terming the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for settling the West Pakistan refugees permanently in the J&K as anti-state, General Secretary National Conference Ali Mohammad Sagar Saturday said such recommendations are aimed at changing the demography of Jammu and Kashmir.

Sagar told District Working Committees meeting from District Baramulla and District Kupwara that the recommendations of Joint Parliamentary committee are unacceptable and is a wicked conspiracy to temper the special status of Jammu and Kashmir State.  

“The joint parliamentary committee’s recommendations for the permanent settlement of west Pakistan refugees in the state is wicked conspiracy to change the demography of the state and to alter the special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir state,” Sagar said while addressing the meetings.

He said the anti-Jammu and Kashmir elements, since the day one has been implying different tactics to change the demography of the state and today they have raked up such issue again.

“Different parliamentary committees have recommended many different things for the state like the return of the power projects to J&K, restoration of autonomy, and revoking the black laws like AFSPA from the state, but all the government there in centre binned these recommendations,” Sagar said adding “Now that the another JPC has made recommendations for settling west Pakistan refugees, and giving them the citizenship and voting rights, central government seems like in a hurry to make this happen as soon as possible; we can smell a rat in these recommendations.”

He said conspiracies like these were even hatched in 2008, when there were attempts to transfer land to shrine board, which was a dangerous attempt to fiddle with special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

“But the fallout of the land row agitation proved to be dangerous which was witnessed by the country and entire world,” he said and continued “As per the article 370 and the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, no non-state residents can get state subject or the voting rights.”

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