Srinagar, May 18: In an
shocking incident, Indian nationalism witnessed a severe blow by the
separatist mentality in Kashmir valley. In a function in the
Kashmir University some of the pro separatist Muslim students and
University officials insulted the national song Vande Mataram by
refusing to sing.
In an international conference organized on 12th
May in which Jammu and Kashmir Governor N. N. Vora was a chief guest,
some Muslim students and apparently a section of officials remained
seated while Vande Mataram was sung at the opening of ceremony.
Governor N. N. Vora took serious note of
irresponsible behavior of fraction of students and officials. He
conveyed his concern to Kashmir University authorities over a section of
the audience not rising to its feet when the national song was played.
He has taken up the matter with the
vice-chancellor, Prof Talat Ahmad, and other university authorities and
directed them to ensure that everyone there shows respect to the
national anthem and national song as this wasn’t the first time students
had shown disrespect to the anthem.
“Governor sahib asked the vice-chancellor to take measures to ensure that such incidents don’t recur,” a university source said.
However,
despite taking appropriate steps to stop anti national behavior on part
of a fraction of students who are haunted by separatist mentality, the
vice-chancellor has shown his incapabilities to restrain students from
insulting national song. He said he could not use force to discipline
students.
“I can only counsel the students to show
respect for the anthem which I am doing. Such things have been
happening here for the last 20 years,” he said.
“But obviously, such incidents send a wrong signal across the country”, he said.
This is not the first time when students showed their dis obidiency towards national song or national anthem.
The sources said most of the students
did not stand up when the anthem was sung during the opening session of a
three-day international seminar on “Impact of Peace, Conflict and
Disturbances on Economic Development Processes”.
In October last year, students had
hooted while the anthem was being played at the university during a
seminar. Vohra was present then, too.
Ahmad has blamed school system in Jammu
and Kashmir for student’s disrespect towards India as schools are not
teaching them ‘how to respect the nation.’
Ahmad said, “Students were “not taught”
such things in school”. “I am approaching the schools in the Valley to
inculcate these things,” he added.
The professor, however, claimed that
only some pockets (pro separatist) of students did not stand up and
denied that officials had remained seated. The sources, however, said
most of the students and some officials did not stand up.
Rozanama Rashtriya Sahara (Urdu daily )
reports in its edition of May 15, 2012, the chief Proctor of the
University Md Afjal Zargar responded to Governor stating that
honouring of national song was a ‘personal matter’ and they could not
order students to honour it. Nor could they ask them to stand while
Vande Mataram was sung.
The
Kashmir University was in the past a hub of pro-separatist activism,
prompting authorities to ban student bodies in 1990, though many of them
remained active for years. The university has not had a students' union
ever since the curb on the activities of the Kashmir University
Students' Union (KUSU) after the outbreak of insurgency in the Valley in
the early 1990s.
However, Kashmir University floated a
students’ body Kashmir University Students Union in 2008 without the
requisite permission from university authorities, and was forced to fold
up soon after. Authorities have strictly banned the campus politics
including holding of any political seminars and symposiums within the
University.
In 2007, the university lifted the ban
only to impose it again some time later when student bodies openly
supported the separatist cause.
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