19th July 1947 – 19th July 2020-A chronicle of patriotism and duplicity-I

Saqib Ali Haideri
July 19, 1947 has significance in contemporary political history and political movement of the right to self-determination of the state of Jammu and Kashmir multi-dimensionally. This date is hallmark and chronicle of patriotism on one side when the representative of the “Quit Kashmir movement’ All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference passed a resolution to accede Pakistan followed by the sad saga of duplicity on another side when Sheikh Abdullah maintained a stony silence on behest of Prime minister of India Pandith Jawahar Lal Nehru, who gained the time for India and achieved the first tactical
objective. This meeting was presided by Choudhry Hameed Ullah Khan at the Aabi Guzar residence of Sardar Ibrahim Khan in Srinagar. 73 years had conceded now on 19 th July 2020. Time is the best judge to give the verdict instead to be biased. To draw a comparison between political acumen of the Sheikh Abdullah, the leader of the Muslim conference with his collogues and companions of the party cadre Sardar Ibrahim Khan, Choudhry Gulam Abbas and Hamid Ullah Khan, and others particularly in post 5th August 2019 is an empirical way to learn when Kashmiris had paid huge cost and the blood bath of the
Indian war machine is continued unabated. Seven decades are testimony to prove who was having political acumen to anticipate the future of the nation and who was caught in doll drums and dilemma. Who adopted the path of peace and development and who destroyed and demolished not only the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference but the political future of the Kashmiris? Who was a true representative of the future of the Kashmiris and whose choice proved the fraught for a nation which breaded the unending cycle of mayhem? It is a proper time to dissect the decision of the Sheikh Mohmad Abdullah microscopically in light of the repercussions which Kashmiris are facing nowadays vis-
à-vis his political ownership in post 5 th August 2019. Everybody is a victim of the hollow promises and sailing on the same boat though a resistance leader or collaborator. The English proverb validates the value of timely decision that “time and tide wait for none “augmented by Urdu verse” Lamhoon nay galteey ki sadyoon nay saza payee” the mistake committed in seconds had to pay the cost for centuries.
The Kashmiri leadership was the guardian of the trust of the masses of the nation, therefore, if leadership possesses little political acumen and grasp of the future, Kashmir could have been saved from catastrophe. The same was the situation of the Kashmir in 1947. There is no iota of doubt in it that Sheikh Abdullah was the tall political actor knowing the blend of the art and science to play with sentiments of innocent Kashmiris. He was having the charisma to manage the people with hollow slogans. He was fool of the century and overconfident which brought him gradually and slowly under the trap of Pandith Jawahar Lal Nehru. His first historic blunder was to change the name of the Muslim
Conference in the National conference in 1939 to appease Jawhir Lal Nehru one side and another side to consolidate his ego. He was most popular among the Muslim majority of the state and no one else was his political compotator at that time because in theory and practice he managed the masses of the Kashmir tied with his charisma. Having all fingers on the pulse of the masses of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Our elders missed the train. Even if 1/4 th of Kashmiris had been stood up in July 1949 as compared to the huge mass movement of 1989, 2008, 2012, and 2016 we could have avoided the blood
bath but our elders in Kashmir valley could not evade themselves timely from the duplicity of Sheikh. Ah! Our political slogan was a nightmare “Yey babus Khus kari tey kari lo lo”, “Alla kara wangan kari tey kari loo loo.” Sheikh botched to understand the political gimmicks of Nehru and Kashmiri people failed to understand that all eggs shall not be kept in one basket of Sheikh Abdullah. Nehru’s sole objective was to gain the time at the tactical level to fulfill the overall strategic one to cement occupation. Sheikh Abdullah’s only sellable item was to pose to be the alone leader of Kashmir however he truly emerged as savior is the eyes of Kashmiris to challenge Dogra rule. It is why he was overconfident that if
his new party National Conference decides the be away from elections the elections would be a flop, however, Muslim Conference won the 15 seats and emerged as big party in elections of January 1947 through national conference boycotted, therefore, the resolution was not only passed by elected representatives but it was also the true representation of the aspirations of the majority of the population of the Kashmiri nation. It was pretending to mention that Hindu political leadership like Prime minister R.C Kak and tall Kashmiri Hindu Pandith Bhushan Bazzaz also supported the accession to Pakistan, it is why RC Kak was then fired from the premiership. This resolution was also at par with the division of India as per theprinciple of the two-nation theory. This decision changed the political
landscape of Kashmir andtriggered ripples in India though was in absolute resonance with masses of the Kashmir but it wasnot acceptable to congress leadership of India who was banking on their horse, Shaikh Mohammad Abdullah. In post 19 th August resolution the Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah changed the direction of the lethal ammunition of propaganda weapons from secularism, to linguistic one. immediately to defuse the situation. They launched the new propaganda campaign for the tactical objective. It was propagated that resolution to accede Pakistan was from Pahari. Gojri and Hinko
andKashmir Punjab’s leadership though to pass the resolution was on the behest of Mirwaiz
YousefShah as a tall political and religious personality of Srinagar who was later on forced to migrate when India consolidated the military grip after landing her troops at Srinagar airport on 7th Oct.1947. The comparison of leadership is simply validated by time. Sardar Ibrahim was supported by masses of AJ&K net result is to reap the fruits of freedom, on another side of the divide,Kashmiris of Valley blindly followed Sheikh Abdullah more after, missed another chance in1965, the result is to pay the huge cost because time and tide wait for none. Nehru cashed thedividend of time and consolidated
the position in Jammu and Kashmir militarily now entire northern command with 3 cores are occupying Kashmir. Therefore they neither need ancestors of Sheikh Abdullah now nor any other collaborator. It pretends to mention that India not only occupied Kashmir militarily on board of political manuring but India annexed 9 northern states and lost one was Skim in 1975.19 th July is legally validated path powered by 5th January 1949 UNCIP resolutions. It is the verdict of time for one who followed and who were in a dilemma .5 th August 2019 answer to those also who were in doll drums.