Reply to the Hindu

Your editorial – collapse of governance (29.08.08) is topical and incisive. The government has not properly utilized its democratic and secular tools in handling the issue. Instead it yields into the same insular vote bank politics as we witnessed in the eve of the Mandir Masjid politics, for which we paid a lot and are paying still. No more drops of blood to be shed at the expense of any types of religious politics or vote bank politics. We the secular and democratic people constitute the majority in India. We have to invoke our constitutional obligations with iron hand, which strictly stand for democracy and secular credentials, to reinstate the normalcy in Kashmir. And raising Pakistan’s flags and chanting slogans in favour of Pakistan is totally intolerable and unacceptable in line with our constitution. Our constitution guarantees not only our fundamental rights, but also our fundamental duties to keep our system intact. Why does the government then hesitate to act?