Anil Anand
Friday, September 19, 2008 03:29 IST
NEW DELHI: Top personalities from diverse fields have, in a signed statement, criticised the recent airing of seditious views in the media in relation to Jammu & Kashmir.
The signatories, led by Subhash Chandra, chairman of the Essel group and one of the promoters of DNA, include voices associated with the bureaucracy, the armed forces, and the media, among others.
The statement, while affirming the media’s right to air different views, is emphatic that “freedom of expression does not mean unbridled licence to flout the law of the land by airing or fanning seditious views. Such views also do a disservice to the people of Kashmir. We call upon the intelligentsia that has the power to shape public opinion to use their power with wisdom and maturity.”
The statement comes in the wake of “stray voices” in the TV and print media which openly supported the secession of Kashmir from India, in violation of a unanimous parliament resolution of 1994 which affirms J&K as an integral part of India and also asks for the return of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“Some stray voices in media have been questioning, with surprising nonchalance and lack of depth, the wisdom and expediency of retaining Kashmir as a part of India. This matters not because such voices reflect any growing view in our country but because they play into the hands of the enemies of the nation. Their suggestions embolden subversive forces both within and outside the country, and encourage our adversaries to entertain the hope that with a little more effort, Kashmir will secede from India,” the statement says.
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