Moderate Muslims on this board take pains to explain that the protests that were seen in Srinagar had nothing to with the Yatra or Hindus. The suave Omar Abdulla has taken pains to state the same, though the more uncouth Mehabooh Mufti doesn’t concern herself with such fine sentiments.
What is important is not reality but how various groups will perceive the whole issue both in the valley and in secular India. At a time when some forces are raising a hue and cry over what could be called minority appeasement this could come as most unfortunate. In the Valley the minorities (for those who don’t know the Hindus are the minority there) are seemingly being targeted by the majority.
Mehbooba was smiling and claiming a victory today as the order was reversed. She could smile because that could end up helping her party come back to power and maybe help that sublimely ambitious lady to even become the CM.
Would she still smile if she also ends up putting the saffron party into power in New Delhi? Or would she hope that LK Advent as PM would be kind to her for ensuring that he become the PM?
Would it have a fairy tale ending? Article 370 is aborted by a government that a myopic protest in the Valley helped to come to power. And finally that could bring Kashmir back into the mainstream. Daydreaming ? Possibly yes !
RE:Day Dreaming
by Sahara on Jul 01, 2008 04:31 PM Permalink
that is a real possibility, if BJP comes to power they must scrap article 370 and uniform civil code must be brought into effect....stop this nonsense of appeasement
