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Unification of India, Pakistan must to solve Kashmir issue: Katju
Saturday December 08, 2012 07:23:03 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Unification
of India and Pakistan is the only solution to the Kashmir problem,
according to Press Council of India head Markandey Katju.
Addressing a seminar on "Reporting conflict zones", organized by
the India Chapter of South Asia Media Commission, Katju said: "Now
the time has come for India and Pakistan to re-unite to solve the
Kashmir issue…There is no solution except the unification of the
two countries."
Kashmir, he said, has turned into a conflict zone because of the
division.
He said they must re-unite under a strong central government.
The former Supreme Court judge also said he does not accept the
two nation theory.
"Pakistan is an artificial state created by the British under the
policy of divide and rule..to divide Hindus and Muslims.. We are
all one, part of one country," he said.
On the issue of the dangers faced by journalists while reporting
in conflict zones, Katju said: "What can you do when there is a
gun pointed at your head…Then all talk of choosing between death
and principles flies out of the window…Life is precious.. When we
have life then only can the question of prestige come.."
When the "goonda" - militant - can't be persuaded to leave his
violent ways, or is "eliminated", the only other way left is to
quietly bypass the dangerous situation, said the outspoken former
justice.
"The journalist has a family to support and cant afford to face
the threat of a gun," said Katju.
However, he had no solution to offer when asked what the way out
was for media persons reporting in conflit zones.
Katju also said that Hindu and Muslim bigotry should be crushed
for India to progress.
On the militancy in the northeast, one of the conflict zones in
India, Katju said the situation had arisen due to being neglected
for years.
Katju also said that "90 percent of Indians were idiots" with "bhusa"
or hay in their brains.
"When voting, they don't see the merit of the candidate, but go by
caste and related considerations…"
He said the issues of employment generation, proper healthcare,
education and security should be looked after in order to end
conflict zones in the country.
He alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in
Chhattisgarh was indulging in paid news.
According to Katju, the Press Council of India has powers to
admonish for misreporting, but newspapers don't really care for
the council that is an statutory body that governs the conduct of
print media..
"The press does not respond to our requests," he said, adding:
"Hum kya karein.."
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