Srinagar: In a strange incident, Jamu and former Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and incumbent Omar Abdullah chose to openly argue on social media on Friday against the Indian Moisture Treaty (IWT), which is believed to prove that this is a potential potential for energy stimulus to freight countries.
Instead of limiting Bruhaha to IWT, the two attempted to dig out each other’s political past to score, prompting many social media users to accuse them of trying to rule each other even during the national challenge.
We all know that they are sworn in aristocrats whose mutual attacks and criticisms on social media and beyond are rooted in personal hostility and ideological divides. But it is incredible that the Kashmir people have gone through tough times and longed for stable leadership and proposals, rather than starting from people like Omar and Mehboba and Mehboba.
It all started with Mufti ending the conquest of Abdullah in search of the revival of the Turpur navigation barrage project at the mouth of the Jhelum River (the largest freshwater lake in Asia), located near the Bandipore Town in J&K. Therefore, irresponsible and dangerous provocations.
In 1984, India proposed to build a barrage, which is expected to be 439 feet long and 40 feet wide, with a maximum storage capacity of 3 million acres of water, saying it would allow the river to navigate in the summer. But Pakistan opposed it, claiming it violated the IWT signed by the two countries in 1960.
On April 24, India took a series of measures to reduce ties with Pakistan, placing the World Bank arranged and negotiated IWT after the deadly terrorist attack in Pahargam and divided control between two rivers between several rivers that were discharged into the Indus river basin, genetically, not first-class water crossed the border.
Abdullah wanted to know on Thursday whether work could be resumed on the Barrage project given the suspension of the IWT. He posted a video of the barrage website on “X” and said the project must be abandoned under pressure from Pakistan. He asked: “Now, IWT is temporarily suspended’ I wonder if we can resume the project.”
He said the Turpur project (if completed), “will provide us with the advantage of allowing us to navigate with Jhelum. It will also improve power generation for downstream power projects, especially in the winter.”
Mufti said the chief minister called for the recovery of the project amid the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan “very unfortunate”. She wrote on “X”: “When the two countries just stepped back from the brink of a mature war, Jamu and Kashmir were accused of the loss of innocent lives, extensive destruction and enormous suffering, these remarks were not only irresponsible, but dangerously provocative.”
She added: “Our people should be as peaceful as anyone else in the country. It is not only inhuman to bring something as important as water and a life-giving weapon, but also to risk that internationalization should be bilateral material.”
The Chief Minister responded with a strong exception to the criticism of the opposition leaders: “In fact, unfortunately, because of your blind desire to try to rate cheap propaganda points and have some people sitting on the border, you refuse to admit that IWT is one of the greatest historical betrayals of the interests of the J&K people. He said he has been against the IWT and will continue to do so, asserting: “And against a blatantly unfair treaty is by no means a warmth of shape, size or form, which is about correcting the historic injustice that deprives the J&K people of our water to use our water.” ”
In response to allegations that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders have tried to please some people sitting on the border. “Time will reveal who is trying to appease who. But it is worth recalling that your respected grandfather Sheikh (Muhammad Abdullah) once advocated the advocacy of joining Pakistan after losing power for twenty years.
“Instead, PDP always maintains its beliefs and commitments, unlike your party, whose loyalty changes dramatically according to political expediency. We do not need to impose tensions or adopt enthusiastic words to verify our dedication. Our actions represent ourselves.”
Abdullah didn’t think it easily either. His response said: “Is this really the best you can do? Cheap shots for someone called Kashmir’s supreme leader. I will be on top of this conversation you want to have, by keeping the same interests of the late Mufti (Sayeed) Sahab and North North South Pole and “North North South Pole” (his interest with PDP vs. BJP) to get you competing for jpp in 2015. & I will always advocate for the interests of the J&K people so that our own rivers, I will not stop the water, just use more.
Abdullah added screenshots of the news report, citing then-chief minister Mufti, who said J&K suffered because of the IWT because there were no large dams or electricity projects that could be built on Jhelum, Indus or Chenab River and said so: “Just leave it there because “consistency” is such a short supply.”
In response, Mufti said that the PDP has been calling on the Abdullah National Conference (NC) to hand over the power project to the National Hydropower Corporation (NHPC) “to platter on Pittance.” She claimed that even in the PDP-BJP alliance agenda, it was agreed to return both projects to J&K to compensate for the losses of IWT.
She said: “In a meeting with the Prime Minister in 2017, now (TV News Channel) misrepresented the compensation issues under the IWT. The compensation issues for the IWT were discussed clearly. But let me be clear – we never advocate for the cancellation of the treaty. Such a move could exacerbate tensions and once again place J&K in conflicts such as water. Our resources are not available. We must not list it as a life, not a weapon. Ceasefire.
