Author: B L Kak
Publication: The Excelsior
Date: May 25, 2001
The secessionist drive in Jammu
and Kashmir is being transformed into a pan-Islamic movement against India,
according to an official document.
The document, in fact, has warned
that bands of religious fanatics will work relentlessly for the break up
of the Indian Union.
While referring to the secessionist
movement in Kashmir and elsewhere in India, the document has also warned
that the security environment will undergo changes with the emergence on
the scene of groups of jihadi forces.
According to the document, while
Pakistan is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to destabilise India, militancy
in Jammu and Kashmir is a direct consequence of the unremitting efforts
of Pakistan's covert agencies to exploit the prevailing discontent and
destabilise the established authority by creating an anarchic situation.
The document, a copy of which has
been made available to EXCELSIOR, contains finding number three: "The Taliban
success in Afghanistan has brought about a qualitative change in the security
environment of the region. It has also given rise to groups of jihadi forces.
These forces are unlikely to stop in Afghanistan and Pakistan".
Finding number four: Bands of Muslim
fanatics will not easily give up their plan of indulging in subversive
activities. They have, in fact, expansionist designs. They will work relentlessly
for large-scale disturbances, leading to India's disintegration.
Sensational, indeed, is the finding
vis-à-vis systematic indoctrination of Muslims not only in the three
regions, namely, Kashmir valley, Ladakh and Jammu but also in the border
areas of West Bengal and North-East region. The report says that systematic
indoctrination of Muslims in fundamentalist ideology is detrimental to
India's communal harmony.
Finding number six: Pan Islamist
militant outfits have mushroomed with links to radical organisations in
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and some other West Asian countries. Many
new madrasas, funded by Saudi and Gulf sources, have been established in
J&K and elsewhere in the country in recent years. Madrasas in large
numbers have come up in the coastal areas of the west and in the border
areas of West Bengal and North-East region.
Finding number seven: Misguided
Muslims and the mushrooming of madrasas can be the risk factors for internal
security. With many pro-Khalistan militants continuing to enjoy shelter
and support in Pakistan, efforts are afoot to revive terrorism in Punjab.
Finding number eight: Powers-that-be
have found it "difficult" to take action against the Bangladeshi infiltrators
for political reasons. Politically, Bangladeshi migrants are in a position
to influence the results of elections in a large number of constituencies
in the North-East region of India. At least 32 per cent of these constituencies
fall in Assam.
Finding number nine: Political parties
are using immigrants as vote banks. Action against the infiltrators invariably
assumes communal overtones with political parties taking positions to suit
the interest of the vote banks. Massive illegal immigration poses a grave
danger to the country's security, social harmony and economic well being.
