One Year Completion Of Article 370 Abrogation-Time to Celebrate
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This story is about the 2G network and the state of democracy in Kashmir.
If something broken is rebuilt, it is not called broken anymore;
But if something in the process of amendment is left forgotten- then it will be called Kashmir!
Didn't get it?
About a year ago from now, the central government removed article 370 from our constitution as it removed Congress party from the country.
There were two kinds of people most happy by this decision-
First, news channel owners who got content, high TRP for an entire month directly just by sitting in their studios.
"Opposition has created an uproar over the visit of European Union delegates in Kashmir"
"Foreign visitors in Kashmir are bothering members of ill-propaganda gang!"
The second was the old Indian uncles who turned political analysts overnight and began their planning to buy property near Dal lake.
But how did this decision impact the citizens of Kashmir, their daily lives?
We care for them as much as the conservative families care for a girl's consent.
With the revocation of Article 370 from Kashmir, the government made huge promises.
There is nothing to be surprised by it.
These huge promises by politicians in their long speeches are like the SUPW period in school.
Nobody pays much attention to either.
Today, after a year of this decision, the government is celebrating it across the country.
The problem doesn't lie with this celebration.
Everybody needs a bit of a celebration, especially in these times of corona.
But to celebrate a step, we should also see whether that particular step has been able to successfully achieve its objectives.
Forget safety, security, and economy; even the uncle from Haryana has forgotten his dream of settling in Kashmir.
Why did this happen?
Let's talk about the true story of this masterstroke in this episode.
5th August 2019, it was just another day for the rest of India;
Everything was going in the entire country but Kashmir was in a state of commotion since August 4th itself.
On August 5th, 2019, Home minister Amit Shah announced the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two union territories.
The government also prepared a long list of objectives to be achieved by this decision along with the announcement.
The list said that this step will bring prosperity in Kashmir, increase in industrialization, rise in job opportunities for youth in Kashmir, expansion of horticulture and handicraft industry, boost the tourism industry, protection of the rights of women and scheduled tribes in Kashmir, etc. etc.
I am not even making this up, the list is from government authorities.
Now whether these objectives were achieved or not, we'll tell you in a short while, but there was one such scheme that was implemented in Kashmir overnight-the scheme was Lockdown.
You see, the government cares so much for the Kashmiris.
They were training them for protection against corona for a year.
You question them for no reason!
This was what happened a year ago.
To learn more about the real story of Kashmir, watch these two documentaries by TheDeshbhakt,
Where we talked in detail about the history and conflict between India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir.
The abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir brought so much joy to the people of India as if they found some leftover crackers from Diwali.
Although we don't care much about the entire country's economy, let alone the economy of Kashmir;
But many supported this step claiming that it will help to revive Kashmir's economy.
From August 2019 to December 2019, Kashmir economy suffered a loss of Rs 15000 crore right after Article 370 was scrapped
Already there was a lockdown on the grounds of national security and then to top that-Corona.
After all this, according to the trade body in Kashmir, KCCI, businesses in Kashmir have suffered a loss of an estimated Rs 40,000 crores
Creation of new job opportunities is a far-fetched dream now,
while over 90000 jobs are already lost in the handicraft, tourism, and information technology sectors.
In June 2019, the unemployment rate in Kashmir was at 15.89% which was the least in the country then.
Today, the youth of Kashmir is forced to migrate to other parts of India in search of jobs.
This is when 23000 government posts are vacant in Kashmir only.
August 5th brought such normalcy in Kashmir that the tourism sector is frozen to death except the organized visit of EU delegates.
The apple industry of Kashmir, worth Rs 8000 crores, was worst affected and this caused Kashmir's GDP to fall sharply.
But this shouldn't affect the party's celebration though.
Anyway, nobody cares for apple, not even in an apolitical interview.
Political propaganda comes first, then apple and everything else!
Everyone, from small to big businessmen, is tensed, but if we go by the government's target then by this decision Kashmiri businesses are giving serious competition to Ambani.
Not just Kashmir, recently students, religious and political groups in Ladakh protested on the lack of job creations in Ladakh.
Even after a year, there is no recruitment board, no job security other than a few contractual jobs by private firms It seems that the government needs to declare 'Maggie points' as employment too along with 'pakora' shops.
This will solve all problems.
Our government's schemes are like time-tables that we make in school.
We can only paste it on the wall and feel elated just by looking at it, don't think of its implementation.
In a similar ambitious time-table, the second big promise by the government was to provide better education and more job opportunities for the children and youth of Kashmir.
For this, former governor of J&K, Satyapal Malik announced a youth package a few months after the abrogation of Article 370.
50000 youths were promised employment under this package.
The promise was made but it does not mean that it needs to be fulfilled!
No job notification regarding this scheme has been released till now.
People have hopes that someday this "News" will be broadcasted on the TV News Channels
Along with this, children in Kashmir couldn't even log in to their Facebook accounts for months, forget Instagram.
And even today, Kashmiris are living with the 2G network only.
Work from home and Study from home must be going very smoothly there!
In the rest of India, people get a stroke if their TV signal is lost for two minutes.
Dad calls up everybody from cable TV to the weather department to get it fixed.
Then there is Kashmir, where there is no source of information whatsoever.
Let alone the creation of new jobs, many couldn't apply or give examination for the job opportunities already available because of poor internet.
Not just job notifications, the government has ensured that the Kashmiri's won't get any information with their New Media Policy.
New Media Policy, it can also be called No Media Policy in simpler terms.
If you do not understand what I say go through this video
This article also was written according to this tapeI mean to say that under this policy, any news media agency that spreads violence,
country's Ekta(unity)...
Editor!
I am talking about unity, not 'Ekta Kapoor'.
so a news agency that questions the country's unity,
who won't follow the norms of public decency, such news agencies won't get any ad, even the mandatory Paytm or government ads.
Moreover, news agencies spreading fake news, unethical news, or indulging in anti-national activities shall be shorn off their official recognition and access.
Thankfully our news channels are not based in Kashmir, else they would have been shut down already.
Already the government has utilized their super-power of UAPA, sedition to detain many journalists in Kashmir.
Now there is a special law for it.
In this bill, what will be considered unethical, anti-national;
what can anger the authorities;
the government forgot to define this just as it forgot demonetization.
So the J&K's information department can decide what is right and what is wrong.
The entire catalogue is ready for ways to butcher the goat, now the government has to decide their favourite.
Now, let's come to the most important promise by the government that they made with the revocation of Article 370.
Peace in Kashmir.
The government made this easy in just one stroke-by locking down all Kashmiris in their houses, utilizing AFSPA at its best, and by detaining all the local politicians.
I mean that when there will be no one on the streets then there will be peace only, right?
You don't get the logic.
One should learn the art of masterstroke from our government.
The government believed that scrapping of Article 370 would help in curbing terrorism and militancy,
Pakistan will get a strong hit.
I don't know about Pakistan,
but bifurcation of J&K into two union territories made China a third member in this conflict.
This has caused an increase in our strain, at least in the international front.
The consequences of which we just witnessed in the Ladakh stand-off and this is not going to halt anytime soon.
Not just at the borders, but in the UN too, China is bringing up the Kashmir issue and causing issues for the Indian government.
China has its human rights issues, but it is trying to make our human rights issue an international matter!!
Besides, there is also an increase in militancy in 2019 between 2017 and 2018.
If we look at the early reports of 2020, the situation is bound to get even worse than before.
Although, you must only be bothered by human rights violations as much as the corona is bothered by 'Bhabhi Ji Papad', please get this:
Human Rights Forum has recently released a report that reveals how people are being kept in jail without getting bail or any hearing using the PSA and UAPA act.
The people of Ladhak are also complaining that the government has left them in a lawless state.
They are demanding new laws to safeguard their rights.
Although, the law is not in any better shape in the rest of the country as well!
Well.. let's move forward.
Today, after a year when this huge step was taken, finding normalcy in Kashmir is as impossible as finding stars in Delhi's pollution.
As usual, we have also forgotten about this issue along with the government.
Amidst the call for development and nationalism,
the exploitation of Kashmiris, halting the lives of innocent kids are nothing but collateral damage for us.
But after one year, we should also introspect
that the aims, reasons for which government has locked the Kashmiris in their houses are accomplished or not.
Or if those objectives are also being forgotten of just like Democracy?
Today at TheDeshBhakt, we just want to remind you that,
where you are cursing 2020 after being locked in your houses for just 4 months,
citizens of Kashmir are living like prisoners in their state for about a year.
That too, without proper internet services.
The topic is serious, so is the situation now.
We receive a lot of emails and messages, especially from the students in Kashmir.
Our ultimate Deshbhakts, Editor Deshbhakts also suggested that a status check is needed over the situation in Kashmir.
Not that it has been a year of this Masterstroke.
It is important to analyze the condition and raise questions on this situation in Kashmir.
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