Srinagar
Independent lawmaker and MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Wednesday said that Supreme Court’s remarks on Article 370 do not mean much to people of J&K as the huge sacrifices offered by Kashmiris from time to time since 1947 are only for the right to self-determination.
In a statement issued today, Rasheed said that remarks on article 370, or protecting article 35-A is New Delhi’s compulsion to defend its stand on Jammu & Kashmir at international forums.
He said “People of Jammu & Kashmir will have no objection to the merger of the state with the government if they chose the same through a plebiscite by implementing UN resolutions. If once the issue is resolved forever and people choose to be part of India, Article 370 and Article 35-A will get automatically abrogated and in that case, Kashmir will be India’s integral part like any other Indian state.
He said that People have lost their lives; the debate over Article 370 being temporary or permanent becomes irrelevant. Neither parliament nor J&K Assembly can ever supersede UN resolutions and any attempt to dilute the nature of the dispute will mean a violation of UN charter.
Rasheed reiterated that the debate over Article 370 and 35-A is nothing but an attempt to force Kashmiris to defensive so that they do not talk much about the real dispute.
Rasheed added that FIR against Gulzar Ahmad a cop of J&K Police for his involvement in the killing of Gowhar Ahmad is ample proof to understand that men in uniform have been given liberty to do what they want and the FIR against JKP cop justifies the FIR against Major Adatiya, who killed half a dozen innocents in Shopian. Rasheed said, however, Government’s FIR against local cop speaks about the helplessness of state government.
