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Kashmir Elections An Engima?
Punchline Post-Poll Discourses Z. G. Muhammad It has been a masterstroke. Conjuring the discourses during the 2002 elections de-linking the electoral process from the main political narrative of the state has been job of a master strategist. Mantra of Bijli, Sadak and Pani blended with façade of “soft-separatism” worked a laser beam that not only sliced the Hurriyat but almost subdued and muffled its political discourses. Ironically, some of the leaders and activist were caught up in … Read entire article »
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Spilling The Beans: Analysis with Difference
Z.G. MUHAMMAD It is like proverbial mosquito entering into snout of an elephant and the aftermath thereof. That is how best one can describe the controversy sparked after The Indian Express in its 20 September 2013 issue carried a report about findings of an army probe into ‘misusing’ of funds by former Army Chief General V. K. Singh. In the long list of startling revelations, three directly concerned Jammu and Kashmir: One, Rs 19 million given to Ghulam Hassan Mir, presently Agriculture Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, to engineer a change of Government in Jammu and Kashmir. Two, Rs.24 million given to an NGO named “Jammu and Kashmir Humanitarian Service Organisation (JKHSO),” which was linked to “Yes Kashmir.” and third buying off-air interception equipment, to conduct “unauthorized” covert operations. ’ Should I … Read entire article »
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Poor Kashmir Chief Ministers
I have no incisive study of the governance in the state. The state administration has not been what in journalistic parlance is termed as ‘my beat’. If the state is governed badly or very badly or governance in the state is conspicuous by its absence, I cannot say with absolute authority. That I believe is the domain of the “Peter Duckers” in the media. However, to my understanding the governance in the state cannot be delinked from its larger political narrative. On October 30, 1947, New Delhi installed Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah as the first chief administrator; on August 9, 1953, it dismissed Abdullah and placed Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad in the saddle. Towards the close of 1963, in New Delhi’s estimation Bakshi lost his utility, like his predecessor in office … Read entire article »
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