CPI (M) senior leader, M Y Tarigami, Monday said that an irreversible movement for a genuine sharing of power and self-governance is the only means to put together Jammu and Kashmir state, considered to be a variant of sub-continental diversities, with its multi-religious, multi-lingual and multi-cultural polity.
“This requires a new mindset and a new culture ofgovernance. The state, as a political entity, owes its growth to varioushistorical and political factors. Undoubtedly, its historical unity, integrityor cohesion cannot be negotiated or compromised, except at the cost of itssocial and political stability,” Tarigami said while talking to media personshere. “At the same time the existence of diverse ethnicities in differentregions of the state, which constitutes its strength, need to be recognized. Itmeans carving out a political structure that recognizes the need to preservethe unity of the state, while fulfilling aspirations of its diverse regions,”he said.Tarigami said that better involvement andparticipation of people in different regions is needed for a balancedpolitical, economic, educational, social and cultural development. “The leastthat the central government could do is to grant real autonomy by restoringArticle 370 of Constitution of India to its original position. The politics ofcommunalization is now a fact of life in J&K but it is something that hasbeen smuggled into it by the dominant forces of our country and Pakistan,” hesaid.