{"id":7521,"date":"2016-11-11T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2016-11-11T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T12:28:19","slug":"kashmir-no-people-everyone-leader-prof-bhat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=7521","title":{"rendered":"In Kashmir, there are no people, everyone is a leader: Prof Bhat"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2018Choose honest leader who\u2019s a deep thinker, don\u2019t jump and drown in river\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
\u2018We have to change Lal-Chowk into Istaq Lal-Chowk\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
Kashmir issue: We have drawn lines and sketch, only Indo-Pak need to add colour<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
\u2018Break walls, join hands, draft resolution to impress Indo-Pak for talks\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n

Srinagar:<\/strong> \u201cI won\u2019t speak in a traditional way today. This is not a plain talk, but a message to Indians, Pakistanis and Kashmiris—which also includes people of Jammu and Ladakh. Don\u2019t read my speech in words or sentences, understand its pain and message,\u201d this is how the former chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Muslim Conference Chairman Professor Abdul Gani Bhat, opened up with his speech.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDarkness is your candle\u201d, Bhat quoted famous saying of Rumi, adding, here Rumi doesn\u2019t talk about the light of moon or stars, he talks about understanding, and the light of mind.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou won\u2019t get anything if you don\u2019t have deeper understanding of the situation,\u201d he said relating it with the present Kashmir unrest and its future.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the light of mind and faith. If you don\u2019t have a deeper understanding where do you go? If you jump into a river, you will surely drown if you don\u2019t know swimming. Everybody in Kashmir has now become a leader. There are all leaders around and no people. This has to end,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bhat said people will have to choose the most honest, sincere person who has deeper understanding of things as their leader. \u201cI will want capable people to come forward. I never shall contest elections. Even if Kashmir achieves freedom, I won\u2019t choose power,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Bhat said while addressing a jam-packed audience at his official residence here, before releasing his book \u201cBeyond Me\u201d. The audience mostly comprised educated class, thinkers, journalists, writers, academicians and lawyers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Terming Kashmir as a foundation stone of darkness that has engulfed whole of the south-Asia, he said the line that was drawn by Cyril Radcliffe along with a representative of Congress and Muslim League, only to be redrawn later gave rise to the darkness in Kashmir, India and Pakistan, otherwise what was the need to redraw a line that was already drawn.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said India entered into Kashmir with a roar of gun amidst the noises of democracy. \u201cThe collective soul of Kashmir was deeply wounded that time. Soul doesn\u2019t shout slogans, but soul never forgets the lessons it is taught. So we vividly remember the lesson like sharp minded students we have been taught by none other than India\u2019s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, that Kashmiris will be give a chance to decide their fate,\u201d Bhat said, adding, even after 70 years Kashmiris have not forgotten the lesson and will never even forget.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cKashmiris are very sharp minded people. I will say sharper than people of many regions around us. It is our (Kashmiris) sharp mindedness that we have been able to lock horns against the world\u2019s second largest populous country,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe have to change Lal-Chowk into Istaq Lal Chowk. It is already lal (red), but we have to convert it into Istaq Lal Chowk where we will decide our fate,\u201d said the senior Hurriyat leader.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bhat said Kashmir is inexplicitly linked to the future of the whole south Asian region.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Book Release of Prof Abdul Gani Bhat<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senior Hurriyat Conference leader and Muslim Conference Chairman Professor Abdul Gani Bhat today said they have drawn the lines and the sketch and it is now India and Pakistan who have to add colour to this sketch, and start a meaningful and sustained dialogue process. \u201cStart dialogue and we know how to guide you,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Asking people to raise one slogan… \u201cWe want dialogue, Hum Baat Cheet chahtey hain, masail ka hal chahtey hain aur Shaandar kal chahtey hai,\u201d it will lead to togetherness and its message will flow from Kashmir,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said he would want the leaders of all the recognised parties to break the walls of egos and join hands conjointly and draft a resolution to impress upon India and Pakistan to start a sustained dialogue process involving a third friendly country.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis friendly county will play a vital role between India and Pakistan to sustain with the dialogue during the time of crisis between the two countries,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said the worlds two big powers are in south Asia which have changed the dynamic of politics here. \u201cAmerica is in Afghanistan and China is in Pakistan,\u201d he said, underscoring the need to understand the importance of these two countries in south Asia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bhat said there is not only an issue of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, but there is another rising issue of water, and its solution is also through Kashmir. (PTK)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Choose honest leader who\u2019s a deep thinker, don\u2019t jump and drown in river\u2019 \u2018We have to change Lal-Chowk into Istaq Lal-Chowk\u2019 Kashmir issue: We have drawn lines and sketch, only Indo-Pak need to add colour \u2018Break walls, join hands, draft resolution to impress Indo-Pak for talks\u2019 Srinagar: \u201cI won\u2019t speak in a traditional way today. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}