Experiencing the threat to the Kashmir identity from the BJP and its hard core affiliates, the choices for the people of Kashmir in the ongoing parliamentary elections and the upcoming assembly polls are though very sufficiently explained by the likes of Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti but the splinter mainstream political parties some of whom were till recently restricted to the strength of just one MLA in 87 member house are becoming a major threat to Kashmir’s political identity in the going parliamentary elections and upcoming assembly polls. True it is that previous political regimes headed by either National Conference (NC) or the PDP have introduced some of the highly objectionable central laws to cause colossal damage to article 370 and article 35 A but giving decisive mandate of not less than 44 seats in the assembly of 87 members to either NC or PDP has become an unavoidable political compulsion for the people of Kashmir. Unfortunately some splinter mainstream political groups are exploiting the failures of all the previous regimes headed by both the National Conference and PDP to their advantages only for the purposes of pelf and power but not for safeguarding the political identity of Kashmiris. A hostile Kashmir policy of Narendra Modi led Government at the centre has already pushed Kashmiris to the wall and those generating hopes of concessions and relaxations in the ongoing Kashmir policy from Narendra Modi in the wake of his returning to power for second consecutive term in Delhi are just making yet another desperate attempt to push people of Kashmir into yet another turbulent phase of political and economic unrest.
Though National Conference and PDP have not stood by their commitments even once in post 1990 phase of political unrest but neither the splinter groups most of whom were restricted to just one MLA party in the house of 87 members till recently nor the political defectors of yesteryears living in the company of BJP’s unattached regional allies can resist the divisive and disintegrating temptations of the BJP and its hard core. The emerging scenario has put to test the political wisdom of a Kahmiris who have to identify themselves with the party which they think can resist the pressures from any hostile political regime at the centre.
Since a perception for massive mandate to only one party in the coming assembly elections is gaining ground in Kashmir, the forces inimical to the concerns of the political rights of the people of are working on a plan of political disintegration in Kashmir. Though National Conference and PDP have not stood by their commitments even once in post 1990 phase of political unrest but neither the splinter groups most of whom were restricted to just one MLA party in the house of 87 members till recently nor the political defectors of yesteryears living in the company of BJP’s unattached regional allies can resist the divisive and disintegrating temptations of the BJP and its hard core. The emerging scenario has put to test the political wisdom of a Kahmiris who have to identify themselves with the party which they think can resist the pressures from any hostile political regime at the centre.
