Be tough with both China, Pakistan, Omar tells Centre

[UmarJustice]

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Centre to be tough with China and Pakistan in its resolve to sort out the issue of the border intrusions in Jammu and Kashmir.

“We would like the Government of India to take up this issue [of the border intrusions] with both China and Pakistan strongly and on same terms so that no such incident takes place in future”, Mr. Abdullah said while addressing a public meeting in Bani area of Kathua district, around 200 km from here, on Wednesday. He said that the Centre needed to an “unambiguous stand” equally with both the neighbouring countries.

Mr. Abdullah said that people of Jammu, Kashmir, Leh, Kargil and other areas had made sacrifices to protect and preserve the solidarity, harmony and brotherhood in all the territories of the geo-politically sensitive border state. “They want to be free from such intrusions and live in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity and carry out their day-to-day life activities without any interference from outside”, he asserted.

The J&K State, he said, had suffered considerable damage to its economy and infrastructure over the last 23 years of the armed strife. Thousands of lives had been lost and properties perished. He said the gun culture had given the people in J&K deep wounds and added to hardships and miseries in every sphere of life. “Now we are on the process of restoring peace and tranquillity and a beam of light is in sight at the end of the dark tunnel”, he said.

Mr. Abdullah praised the people of the rugged hilly terrain — once a hotbed of militancy — for keeping the torch of communal harmony and brotherhood aflame even in extremely difficult conditions. He urged the audiences to remain vigilant against the attempts of parochial and divisive forces “who are bent upon dividing you on the lines of region, religion, creed and caste for their selfish ends.”

Keywords: Kashmir dispute, border incursions, India-China border, Indo-Pak border, border dispute, Omar Abdullah

Be tough with both China, Pakistan, Omar tells Centre - The Hindu

 

[muse]

Music to the ears of the Pakistan army

 

[Contrarian]

Music to the ears of the Pakistan army

Well put.

But do explain it further so that our more hawk friends understand why this is so.

 

[That Guy]

I don't take anything that Omar has with any form of seriousness, why? Because everything he says is just another way for him to kiss India's ***. Same thing with Chaudhry Abdul Majid, he'll say and do anything to kiss Pakistan's ***.

Piece of advice, never take anything the leaders of India-occupied Jammu-Kashmir and Azad Jammu-Kashmir seriously, because they're only in it for themselves.

 

[Icewolf]

Omar Abdullah = Indian stooge

Get a life, Indians! Let democracy prevail in IOK... The most anti-India political party in IOK will be elected, I bet you

 

[Mian H Amin.]

Omer Abdullah ??? oh sorry i forgot he is the "Puppet" CM of Indian Occupied Kashmir ...

 

[Android]

Omar Abdullah = Indian stooge

Get a life, Indians! Let democracy prevail in IOK... The most anti-India political party in IOK will be elected, I bet you

And what makes you think that congress will be elected there

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I hate proxy stuff .-.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Omar Abdulla belongs to a family of clowns. Nobody takes them seriously, least of all Kashmiri people on both sides of the border.

 

[Hulk]

I hate proxy stuff .-.

Seriously, I was under the impression that you love them.

 

[BigDaddyWatch]

If India wants to get tough with both China and Pakistan i would say bring it on baby ! China and Pakistan shall face India hand in hand like brothers.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Seriously, I was under the impression that you love them.

Don't you accuse me of taking sides between you and Pakistan because I can assure you that Pakistan is Saudi and vice versa. However, Saudi will always try its best to warm up the relation between India and Pakistan my man.

 

[muse]

Well put.

But do explain it further so that our more hawk friends understand why this is so.

Yes, well, let me try - but let me begin with the tension expressed in the title of the thread, and the interests and coalitions in society, they represent - I hope Indian forum members are clear about this -- There is an incredibly similar tension of the Pakistani side and while it cannot be said that the protagonists and antagonists in that tension are a mirror image of those in India, they are similar enough, so that we may be forgiven for thinking of them as mirror images.

When Pakistan is not facing a external threat, it's focus in internal and it presents itself as if it is coming apart at the seams - Pakistan as a state is terribly resilient - some readers may find this notion provocative and self serving, they may point to the islamist insurgency and the insurgency in B'stan, to the tension between ethnic, linguistic and religious groups, they may point to the growth of extremist, that is to say irrational thought in mainstream society -- and all of these are observations with which we have no disagreement, however, none of these trends in society along or together, exert a force to allow Pakistan to unravel - In this mix, if you suddenly allow an external threat (and I would bring to your attention Mr. Gen. Kiyani's statement about having shown restraint in the face of extremely provocative statements) it becomes very easy to mobilize public opinion towards those external entities - a similar dynamic is seen in India is it not?

I would ask Indian reader to consider the substance of the response towards Pakistan and compare that with the substance of the response towards perceived Chinese misbehavior -- allow me say, that the difference between these response has not gone unnoticed and will be studied and explored in Pakistan.

 

[Contrarian]

There is a difference though muse between Indian response to Pakistani and Chinese misbehaviour.

In the Chinese case the border is not defined. Even the lac is not defined. There is simply a frontier that both sides patrol and patrols of both sides work to ensure that they don't meet each other.

On the other hand there is a clearly marked boundary loc and border with Pakistan which Pakistan army tries to violate using jehad is. There is no parallel.

 

[Srinivas]

I would ask Indian reader to consider the substance of the response towards Pakistan and compare that with the substance of the response towards perceived Chinese misbehavior -- allow me say, that the difference between these response has not gone unnoticed and will be studied and explored in Pakistan.

The friction between the two countries is not over yet, you can draw conclusions after the row is over and Chinese realize their mistake.