<b>XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, <i> Session V (Monsoon) </i> </b>
XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session V (Monsoon) Monday, July 28, 1997/Sravana 6, 1919 (Saka)


Type of Debate: CLARIFICATION ON THE STATEMENT BY MINISTER
Title: Regarding clarification of Prime Minister's statement on political participation of boys in Jammu and Kashmir. TEXT : 1203 hrs.

SHRI JASWANT SINGH (CHITTORGARH):

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SHRI SOMNATH CHATTERJEE (BOLPUR): I must respond to his observations. Naturally, my Party is a Party which brings sanity into this whole affair or in every affair. We have shown how probity and morality should be the order of the day.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so far as we are concerned we want normalisation of relations in Kashmir. There is no doubt that it is an integral part of India. There is no question of, in any way, compromising on that issue. We have seen that only the last Prime Minister and the present Prime Minister have taken some steps for normalising the situation there. There have been period of confrontation and trouble there.

I do not wish to go into that. We welcome any move made by the hon. Prime Minister to normalise the situation, to bring back some misguided people to the national mainstream. But, since very senior leaders like Chandra Shekharji and Jaswant Singhji have raised certain questions on this, I think that it will be proper for the hon. Prime Minister to come to the House and make it clear as to what he wanted to say, what his policy is or what has been his call while he was there.

Therefore, I would request the hon. Prime Minister to come and make it clear before this House. I am sure he will never compromise so far as India and its relations with that part of India and relations of other parts of India with that part of India are concerned. All efforts to normalise the situation should be welcome. But let the Prime Minister say, `Yes, Sir, on the first day there was some statement and today some other statement has come'. We cannot always respond on the basis of newspaper reports. Therefore, it would be better if the hon. Prime Minister could come here and say what the position is.

SHRI SHARAD PAWAR (BARAMATI): Mr. Deputy-Speaker, Sir, I do support the view which has been expressed by my hon. colleague Shri Somnath Chatterjee. By and large, there are no two opinions on this issue. In this august House, on a number of occasions, by and large, there has been unanimity among most of the political parties on this. Any effort to normalise relations with Pakistan is definitely welcome. Any effort to improve the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is also welcome. But, in the last few days, a number of statements have appeared in the newspapers. I do not know how far they are true and what exactly is the position. There were certain occasions when certain important representatives of the nation have visited that area giving some suggestions, talking with a number of local people. We have not, at least I have not, got any details about that. So, I think that it will definitely be better if the Prime Minister himself comes and makes a statement and briefs Parliament when it is in Session. The country should at least know about all these things.

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SHRI MANGAT RAM SHARMA (JAMMU):

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SHRI MADHUKAR SARPOTDAR (MUMBAI NORTH-WEST): Sir, I have been raising my hand on this since the very beginning.

SHRI MOHAN RAWALE (MUMBAI SOUTH - CENTRAL):

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SHRI MANGAT RAM SHARMA (JAMMU):

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SHRI MADHUKAR SARPOTDAR Sir, whatever statement Shri Jaswant Singh has made in this House, I fully endorse that. Secondly, it is our experience for the last one-and-a-half years that we have been discussing the Jammu and Kashmir issue very often. It is a good sign that we are trying to negotiate and trying to establish peace in this part of the country, Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, when we put certain conditions and when people from within had such a dialogue, I can understand it. But, those people are encroaching on our land property and firing the people and killing them. The Government of India should clarify its policy as to whom and with whom they are going to have negotiations and what action the Government of India is going to take eventually. Not only that, what message the Government of India intends to pass on to all these culprits extremist and to those who are unnecessarily facing problems in Jammu and Kashmir. That is also a very important thing and that message should be clear. In that case, I would humbly request the hon. Prime Minister to clarify the solicy.

SHRI ILIYAS AZMI (SHAHABAD):

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SHRI IK. GUJRAL:

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SHRI ILIYAS AZMI (SHAHABAD):

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SHRI I.K. GUJRAL: Sir, before I come to the point, I strongly protest against the observations made by my friend that I said something in the morning and said something else in the evening. I am always consistent in my statements on every issue and I continue to do that. And now we have come to this issue.

I had gone to Kashmir for two days. During my visit, I had the opportunity of not only laying the foundation stone for the new railway line that we are going to build in the Valley itself from Kazikund to Baramulla. The idea was that the railway line that is coming via Udhampur in one direction naturally goes through a different terrain, and it is taking more time. In the meantime, we have felt and thought that it would be more expeditious and useful if we lay the railway line also simultaneously in the Valley itself. Later on, through the tunnel it could be joined.

This will also be an effort to try to provide more employment there. Therefore, this year, we have earmarked about Rs. 75 crore for works in the Valley itself.

Apart from these two functions, I also had the opportunity of addressing the Army Jawans, their leaders, the BSF jawans and their leaders. These were the four functions that I had attended. What is the situation in Kashmir? The situation in Kashmir today is, fortunately we have turned the corner. It is not that the insurgency has ended but by and large I think both the Governments - the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Central Government - have been able to get better of the insurgency. All the same, from across the border, the insurgency is being sustained and a large number of weapons have been captured. I have seen two collections of those weapons which are very large and very sophisticated. I have also seen the figures of the various skirmishes that take place from time to time. I must say to the credit of our armed forces and also the BSF and other paramilitary forces that they have been able to safeguard our security firmly and with a great deal of efficiency. At the same time, we have seen for the last three-four months, there is a consistent firing across the border and my friend, the Defence Minister, should be able to tell us more about it. This is also being resisted with firmness.

Our policy has another dimension also. Not only this Government but previously also we have been trying to get back those strayings youths, who I believe, have been led astray by the false propaganda against India. Some of them have come out and some of them have been absorbed in various Services also. What I was saying exactly has been now clarified if at all a clarification was called for in the interview that I gave on the plane to The Hindustan Times. The main point is that we are always willing to talk to those young men who are our own children, and who are our own boys who have been led astray. Naturally, it is implied and also understood that they must give up arms and they must come back home. I will use the exact word. My friend was present there when I was saying that I was talking like a father to the young children that if in the family the sons go astray or get alienated, it is my duty as head of the family to invite them back, try to remove their doubts and suspicions. I stand by that. That is what I said in all the two speeches. Fortunately or unfortunately, I was speaking, particularly, in Kazikund in Urdu. I know Urdu very well. So, I was speaking in chaste Urdu. So many of my own friends, perhaps, do not understand Urdu. Therefore, when I was talking about these boys, they thought that I was talking to the militants across the border or those who have been supported by Pakistan. No; not at all.


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