???????Muzaffar Shah Calls On Launching A Fight For Kashmir’s Special Rights

SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kash­mir Civil Society Coordination Committee (JKCSCC) on Satur­day urged upon political par­ties, civil society members and the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) to formulate a joint strat­egy to fight for the protection of state’s special status. Address­ing a press conference here, the JKCSCC member and Awami Na­tional Conference (ANC), senior vice president, Muzaffar Ahmad Shah, said that the civil society had earlier played a “vital role to compel the parties to form the next dispensation in the State.”

He said that the JKCSCC met with several mainstream party leaders urging them to form the government. “I appeal Dr Farooq Abdullah to also come forward as I believe he is the only per­son who can do anything over the Article 35-A case in SC,” he said, adding that “we hope that the right-thinking people in PDP and NC will come together and formulate a strategy to fight for the rights of people.”

However, he said, “a recent step was taken by the PDP to forge an alliance to form the next dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir became a joke.”

“The party should have reached the Governor’s house and staked claim instead of fooling people by sitting at home and claiming stake,” he said. “ The party an­nounced good news soon in the morning, if the party was serious the leaders should have reached the Governor’s house and staked claim to form the government.”

Similarly, he said, People’s Conference (PC) chairman, Sajad Lone, who also staked the claim, had “no numbers.” “I challenge him to name five members who he had,” he said. “Those who claim themselves as well-wishers of people are welcoming RSS in the State,” Shah said. “On January 10 the Article 35-A case at the Su­preme Court will be heard again and ten applicants have filed the intervention application at SC. I appeal all the applicants to come together and formulate a joint strategy to fight the evil designs,” he said. While reacting over the dissolution of State Legislative Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik, Shah said that it was the “murder of democracy.”

Lashing out at Congress, Shah said that the party has dual poli­cies. “The party is claiming one thing and doing another,” he said and asked the party to clear its stand on Article 370 and 35A.

“They (Congress) fought the elections even after the iden­tity of Jammu and Kashmir was at stake,” he said, adding that “what do people have to do with the elections when their identity is being attacked?’’

Reacting over the statement made by former minister and Peoples Conference (PC) entrant, Imran Raza Ansari, Shah said that “Ansari has raised finger on Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah but let me tell him when Sheikh Abdullah died his father Molvi Iftikhar Ansari was there in the corner and put his head on my shoulder and was crying.”

“It is unfortunate that the chil­dren are playing politics with the support of RSS,” he said.

Shah was accompanied by other JKCSCC members includ­ing APSCC Chairman, Jagmohan Singh Raina, Advocate Javaid Mir and others in the press confer­ence.

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