Is the claim of report by ‘Kashir’ channel based on facts and has Mufti Sayed or any other “mainstream” leader mandate for resolving this lingering dispute. The answer is big ‘NO’. What they call Separatism and development are entirely different aspects and there can’t be made tussle between these two. It has been clearly laid down in 1957 UN Security council resolution that the “Administration of Jammu and Kashmir cannot take any decision which may change the status of territory of Jammu and Kashmir”. Its powers are restricted only for developmental works and have no powers more than that of Municipal Corporation. How can so called elected representatives claim that they will solve Kashmir dispute? When they have no mandate for this at all. So elections have no effect and bearing on the future status of Kashmir and hence can’t be substitute to right of self determination this point has even acknowledged by Nehru as well. So the argument of India recently in UN that by participating in elections people of JK have exercised their right of self determination looses ground. Further more present JK is under three administrations one at Srinagar second at Muzaffarabad and third at Gilgit Baltistan and if for the sake of argument this Indian view point about elections is accepted how can be elections in only one administration be construed as exercise of right of self determination by the people of entire JK.
Kashmir Elections: Between Election Chorus and Poll Boycott
Is the claim of report by ‘Kashir’ channel based on facts and has Mufti Sayed or any other “mainstream” leader mandate for resolving this lingering dispute. The answer is big ‘NO’. What they call Separatism and development are entirely different aspects and there can’t be made tussle between these two. It has been clearly laid down in 1957 UN Security council resolution that the “Administration of Jammu and Kashmir cannot take any decision which may change the status of territory of Jammu and Kashmir”. Its powers are restricted only for developmental works and have no powers more than that of Municipal Corporation. How can so called elected representatives claim that they will solve Kashmir dispute? When they have no mandate for this at all. So elections have no effect and bearing on the future status of Kashmir and hence can’t be substitute to right of self determination this point has even acknowledged by Nehru as well. So the argument of India recently in UN that by participating in elections people of JK have exercised their right of self determination looses ground. Further more present JK is under three administrations one at Srinagar second at Muzaffarabad and third at Gilgit Baltistan and if for the sake of argument this Indian view point about elections is accepted how can be elections in only one administration be construed as exercise of right of self determination by the people of entire JK.
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