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The unyielding separatists, from the more hardline Syed Ali Shah Geelani to Sajjad Lone, have already acknowledged the rebuff. The turnout is also a rebuff to the highly articulate bleeding hearts in this country that saw in the disturbances of this summer the need for a more decisive solution outside of the usual constitutional processes. In their mandate J&K’s voters have offered a counter-narrative. Yes, the state has its peculiar issues — issues that they consider priority enough to place alongside the bijli-sadak-pani everyday concerns — but they find reason to show that they believe the electoral process can provide solutions to their problems.
Also, look at the fractured verdict. After the agitations in Jammu and in the Valley after the Amarnath land controversy, the state was seen to be dangerously polarised. That polarisation is reflected, in part, in the gains made by the PDP and the BJP. Yet, the way the assembly seats have been dealt, these two parties have been sorted out for possible cohabitation in the opposition; they cannot claim a mandate from the voters to set the agenda for governance. And in keeping with the trend in other parts of India, J&K’s voters have clipped the clout of Others/ Independents. Their state, they say, should be governed from the middle ground. A successfully participative and free and fair election does not in itself solve Jammu and Kashmir’s problems. But it validates mainstream politics as the most effective mediator in finding solutions.
Secularism is back with vengeance. Ghulam nabi azad was making fun of father
Now it is the right time to ban these so called separatist group by the government as they acted anti national and adverse against the will of people in the J
This is indeed a historic verdict and all the parties should work for the interests of J