Finally the Government of India has been able to resolve the Amarnath land issue with the Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti. It has been agreed that the Shrine Board will have complete authority over the much disputed land for the period of the yatra only.

With this solution the Sangharsh Samiti has suspended its agitation in the Valley much to the relief of everone. There was jubilation in Jammu as people defied curfew and took to the streets to express their acceptance of the decision. But there was some violence in parts of Srinagar where curfew had to be reimposed.

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India watches as Kashmir falls into anarchy. The situation has now completely gone out of the hands of the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti, the PDP, the Hurriyat and the Indian Government. It has metamorphosed into a mass movement with errant and unemployed vagabonds taking stock of the situation. Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani saying “We are Pakistanis and Pakistan is Ours”.

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The Yuva Kranti Rally organized by the BJP youth wing (actually manned by pot-bellied uncles with the worst case of “FOREVER YOUNG SYNDROME”) to mark the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India Movement of 1942 represented an anomaly of sorts.

It was wrought with religious undertones, complete with an artificial ice shiva-lingam on stage that the BJP politicians worshiped before making their statements. For the forthcoming elections the party has already chosen its agenda – the Ram Setu and the Amarnath Shrine land dispute.

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