Flag hoisting at Lal Chowk

BJP is a political party and it is politically correct about its ekta yaatra; may not be so correct ethically. Congress government has also tried its best to capitalize on this yatra. It seems that congress purposely publicized this by its overwhelming opposition. Congress seems to be in better position politically. If it succeeds then it will get the credit of maintaining law and order; and if it fails then also it will blame bjp for it and get away with its experience in politics.

As far as issue of hoisting tricolor at lalchowk is concerned, by opposing it on the basis of disturbance of law and order we will give message that we accept kashmir is a disputed area, which we have not done in last 63 years. It will again boost morale of separatists, sitting in India and across the border.

If on the contrary congress would have allowed this to happen the situation would have been much better. First this issue would not have got too much media coverage and any outrage if at all provoked would have been easily manageable. Secondly by preventing outrage and violence we would have given message that Kashmir is integral part of India, and kashmiris accept it.

I would like to attract attention towards his reference of "new delhi" and "kashmir". I would request intelligentsia of this country that please try to avoid such references. It sends poor message, magnifies feelings of separatism.

I am sure, not many kashmiris favor its accession to pakistan, what they want is minimal interference of army (i would request media not to use phrase INDIAN ARMY). It is two way process. 100% demilitarization is not possible as it is border state. Yeah we need to take steps to minimize impact of militarization on day to day life of common kashmiris. If people of kashmir want more autonomy and less interference of army then also there is no reason that a flag hoisting should provoke outrage. It is possible only separatists are quantitatively more. If it is so then it is not good sign. We should concentrate on curbing separatists feelings by social development and progress. I would like to repeat that opposing flag hoisting will do nothing better than boosting morale of separatists.