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On 26 May 2008, the [[government of India]] and the state [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] reached an agreement to transfer {{convert|99|acre|km2}} of forest land to the ''Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board'' (SASB) in the main [[Kashmir valley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=451819&sid=NAT|title=Zee News: Latest News Headlines, Current Live Breaking News from India & World|publisher=Zeenews.com|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> to set up temporary shelters and facilities for [[Hindu]] pilgrims. This caused a controversy, with demonstrations from the Kashmir valley against the land transfer and protests from the [[Jammu]] region supporting it. The largest demonstration saw more than 500,000 protesters at a single rally, among the largest in [[Kashmir]]'s history.<ref>{{cite | On 26 May 2008, the [[government of India]] and the state [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] reached an agreement to transfer {{convert|99|acre|km2}} of forest land to the ''Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board'' (SASB) in the main [[Kashmir valley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=451819&sid=NAT|title=Zee News: Latest News Headlines, Current Live Breaking News from India & World|publisher=Zeenews.com|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> to set up temporary shelters and facilities for [[Hindu]] pilgrims. This caused a controversy, with demonstrations from the Kashmir valley against the land transfer and protests from the [[Jammu]] region supporting it. The largest demonstration saw more than 500,000 protesters at a single rally, among the largest in [[Kashmir]]'s history.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1838586,00.html |magazine=Time |title=Valley of Tears |date=4 September 2008 |access-date=23 April 2010 |first=Jyoti |last=Thottam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505142414/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1838586%2C00.html |archive-date=5 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==Kashmir protests== | ==Kashmir protests== | ||
Six people were killed and 100 injured when police fired into a crowd in [[Srinagar]] protesting the transfer of forest land.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5492bdcc-eeb4-4374-b1e8-1245ffa50458&ParentID=04ff6b34-348b-4d08-b41b-e6e5713706ac&&Headline=Kashmiri+Pandits+seek+PM's+intervention|title=Amarnath row: Kashmiri Pandits seek PM's intervention|publisher=Press Trust of India|date=25 June 2008|access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref> Separatist [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front|JKLF]] (R) organised a march to the controversial land in Baltal. Senior separatist leaders [[Shabir Shah|Shabir Ahmad Shah]], [[Syed Ali Shah Geelani]] and [[Mirwaiz Omar Farooq]], leaders of the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]] (APHC), which planned the protests, were placed under house arrest.<ref> | Six people were killed and 100 injured when police fired into a crowd in [[Srinagar]] protesting the transfer of forest land.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5492bdcc-eeb4-4374-b1e8-1245ffa50458&ParentID=04ff6b34-348b-4d08-b41b-e6e5713706ac&&Headline=Kashmiri+Pandits+seek+PM%27s+intervention|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125072203/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5492bdcc-eeb4-4374-b1e8-1245ffa50458&ParentID=04ff6b34-348b-4d08-b41b-e6e5713706ac&&Headline=Kashmiri+Pandits+seek+PM's+intervention|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Amarnath row: Kashmiri Pandits seek PM's intervention|publisher=Press Trust of India|date=25 June 2008|access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref> Separatist [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front|JKLF]] (R) organised a march to the controversial land in Baltal. Senior separatist leaders [[Shabir Shah|Shabir Ahmad Shah]], [[Syed Ali Shah Geelani]] and [[Mirwaiz Omar Farooq]], leaders of the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]] (APHC), which planned the protests, were placed under house arrest.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Shutdown_in_Kashmir_separatist_leaders_under_house_arrest/articleshow/3341886.cms {{Dead link|date=February 2012|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Land_allotment_Violence_in_Srinagar/articleshow/3156807.cms|title=Violence in Srinagar over land allotment to Amarnath board|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 June 2008|access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref> Throughout the [[Srinagar]] area, most public buildings, including schools and government offices, and many businesses, have remained closed.<ref name=gilani>{{cite news|last=Gilani|first=Iftikhar|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C26%5Cstory_26-6-2008_pg1_7|title=Hindu-Muslim clashes escalate in IHK|work=Daily Times|date=26 June 2008|access-date=2008-06-26}}</ref> | ||
===Environmental concerns=== | ===Environmental concerns=== | ||
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===Government response=== | ===Government response=== | ||
The state government accepted the demands of the protesters from the Kashmir valley region by revoking the land transfer decision on 1 July 2008.<ref>{{cite | The state government accepted the demands of the protesters from the Kashmir valley region by revoking the land transfer decision on 1 July 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=328520|title=India News Latest News Headlines, Financial News, Business News & Market Analysis on Indian Economy - Business Standard News|newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> Hindu groups in the Jammu region reacted by mounting their own counter-protests against the revocation and called for the cancellation of the revocation decision.<ref name="ndtv.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060403 |title=Amarnath row divides Jammu and Kashmir |access-date=8 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810002045/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060403 |archive-date=10 August 2008 }}</ref> | ||
===Political turmoil=== | ===Political turmoil=== | ||
As the Kashmiri protests grew wider and more violent, the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP) said that it would withdraw support to the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)-led state government if it did not revoke the land transfer agreement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=0c696ab1-f13c-4ef8-b7a1-1d287972d74c&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=PDP+to+pull+out%26nbsp%3b+of+J%26amp%3bK+ruling+alliance|title=Crisis in J&K as PDP pulls out|publisher=Hindustantimes.com/|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=65e9f303-bfb3-49e0-8e91-06c086a1a115&MatchID1=4714&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4713&TeamID3=8&TeamID4=14&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1189&PrimaryID=4714&Headline=45+injured+as+clashes+continue+in+J%26amp%3bK |title=45 people injured as clashes continue in Kashmir |newspaper=Hindustan Times |agency=Press Trust of India |date=26 June 2008}}</ref> | As the Kashmiri protests grew wider and more violent, the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|People's Democratic Party]] (PDP) said that it would withdraw support to the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)-led state government if it did not revoke the land transfer agreement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=0c696ab1-f13c-4ef8-b7a1-1d287972d74c&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=PDP+to+pull+out%26nbsp%3b+of+J%26amp%3bK+ruling+alliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717044850/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=0c696ab1-f13c-4ef8-b7a1-1d287972d74c&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=PDP+to+pull+out%26nbsp%3B+of+J%26amp%3BK+ruling+alliance|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2009|title=Crisis in J&K as PDP pulls out|publisher=Hindustantimes.com/|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=65e9f303-bfb3-49e0-8e91-06c086a1a115&MatchID1=4714&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4713&TeamID3=8&TeamID4=14&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1189&PrimaryID=4714&Headline=45+injured+as+clashes+continue+in+J%26amp%3bK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717050229/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=65e9f303-bfb3-49e0-8e91-06c086a1a115&MatchID1=4714&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4713&TeamID3=8&TeamID4=14&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1189&PrimaryID=4714&Headline=45+injured+as+clashes+continue+in+J%26amp%3BK |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2009 |title=45 people injured as clashes continue in Kashmir |newspaper=Hindustan Times |agency=Press Trust of India |date=26 June 2008}}</ref> | ||
Though the land transfer was revoked (after the PDP withdrew its support), the crisis deepened further when the PDP did not lend support to the state government even after the revocation. Meanwhile, the Gulam Nabi Azad's minority government decided to step-down on 7 July 2008.<ref name="ndtv.com" /> | Though the land transfer was revoked (after the PDP withdrew its support), the crisis deepened further when the PDP did not lend support to the state government even after the revocation. Meanwhile, the Gulam Nabi Azad's minority government decided to step-down on 7 July 2008.<ref name="ndtv.com" /> | ||
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==Jammu protests== | ==Jammu protests== | ||
In [[Jammu]], mass protests<ref> | In [[Jammu]], mass protests<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060583 |title= |website=www.ndtv.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811001741/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060583 |archive-date=11 August 2008}}</ref> erupted against the government's decision to revoke the land transfer. The people of the Jammu region generally supported the land transfer, and threatened to shut down the city on 26 June 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/bjp-activists-stage-protest-in-jammu-over-amarnath-shrine-board-issue_10064443.html|title=BJP activists stage protest in Jammu over Amarnath Shrine Board issue|publisher=The Indian|date=25 June 2008|access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref> 20 kilometres away, in [[Nagrota]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) supporters blocked a highway<ref>{{cite news|last=Masoodi|first=Nazir|author2=Razdan, Nidhi|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054234&ch=6/24/2008%209:54:00%20PM|title=J&K tense over land transfer to Amarnath shrine|publisher=NDTV|date=24 June 2008|access-date=2008-06-26}}</ref> | ||
It has been joined by 35 other organisations, under the banner of Amarnath Shrine Sangharsh Samiti, that have two main demands: that of recalling Governor NN Vohra and the restoration of land to the Shrine Board. | It has been joined by 35 other organisations, under the banner of Amarnath Shrine Sangharsh Samiti, that have two main demands: that of recalling Governor NN Vohra and the restoration of land to the Shrine Board. | ||
<ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/News-Feed/It-s-not-Jammu-or-Kashmir/Article1-329067.aspx|title=It's not Jammu or Kashmir |author=Balraj Puri |newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=5 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | <ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/News-Feed/It-s-not-Jammu-or-Kashmir/Article1-329067.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017180609/http://www.hindustantimes.com/special-news-report/News-Feed/It-s-not-Jammu-or-Kashmir/Article1-329067.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|title=It's not Jammu or Kashmir |author=Balraj Puri |newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=5 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
Hindu groups such as the [[Bajrang Dal]] and the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) protested in front of [[Kashmir House]] in [[Delhi]] in support of the land transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/protests-in-delhi-over-amarnath-land-row_10065628.html|title=Protests in Delhi over Amarnath land row|work=Thaindian News|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> The situation in Jammu suddenly deteriorated after Kuldeep Raj committed suicide on 23 July and his body was mishandled and dishonoured by the police. Slowly, protests spread to other parts of Jammu.<ref name="hindustantimes"/> A curfew was imposed in many districts. Protesters claimed that an economic blockade of the Kashmir Valley was being imposed by stopping traffic on the [[Srinagar Jammu National Highway]].<ref name="ndtv.com" /> The "economic blockade" theory was however fiercely contested, with the Government of India, the Army, the District Administration, SASB maintaining that there was no blockade. BJP called the blockade "a lie perpetuated by the ISI", of which there was no compelling evidence, and maintained the people of the Valley were being misled with a false propaganda, aiding the designs of separatists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nglEFdDQX1c|title=Arun Jaitley in Devil"s Advocate(Part 3)|work=YouTube|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> One person was killed and another injured on 6 August 2008 when the Army fired to disperse a violent mob, which blocked the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Kathua district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/345556.html|title=One killed as Army fires at protestors, curfew defied|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref> | Hindu groups such as the [[Bajrang Dal]] and the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) protested in front of [[Kashmir House]] in [[Delhi]] in support of the land transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/protests-in-delhi-over-amarnath-land-row_10065628.html|title=Protests in Delhi over Amarnath land row|work=Thaindian News|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> The situation in Jammu suddenly deteriorated after Kuldeep Raj committed suicide on 23 July and his body was mishandled and dishonoured by the police. Slowly, protests spread to other parts of Jammu.<ref name="hindustantimes"/> A curfew was imposed in many districts. Protesters claimed that an economic blockade of the Kashmir Valley was being imposed by stopping traffic on the [[Srinagar Jammu National Highway]].<ref name="ndtv.com" /> The "economic blockade" theory was however fiercely contested, with the Government of India, the Army, the District Administration, SASB maintaining that there was no blockade. BJP called the blockade "a lie perpetuated by the ISI", of which there was no compelling evidence, and maintained the people of the Valley were being misled with a false propaganda, aiding the designs of separatists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nglEFdDQX1c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nglEFdDQX1c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Arun Jaitley in Devil"s Advocate(Part 3)|work=YouTube|access-date=6 October 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> One person was killed and another injured on 6 August 2008 when the Army fired to disperse a violent mob, which blocked the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Kathua district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/345556.html|title=One killed as Army fires at protestors, curfew defied|date=7 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060363&ch=8/6/2008%205:42:00%20PM {{dead link|date=October 2014}}</ref> Two protesters were killed and eight injured as police opened fire to quell a mob in Samba district on 1 August 2008<ref name="freshnews.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.freshnews.in/army-carries-out-flag-marches-in-jammu-13-injured-in-clashes-42471 |title=Army carries out flag marches in Jammu, 13 injured in clashes |access-date=8 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717054321/http://www.freshnews.in/army-carries-out-flag-marches-in-jammu-13-injured-in-clashes-42471 |archive-date=17 July 2009 }}</ref> Conversely there were also Muslims who, backed by the local Muslim federation and the Muslim [[Gujjar]] community, who supported the demands of the Hindus of Jammu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_w32/idw2008.08.09.16.19.51.html#hdng8|title=Newsfeedresearcher.com|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009234400/http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_w32/idw2008.08.09.16.19.51.html#hdng8|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> There were, however, reports of Hindu rioters in Jammu attacking and burning at least 72 Muslim homes during the weeks of violent protests.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-34984520080813 | work=Reuters | title=Homes burn as Hindu-Muslim anger grows in Kashmir | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> | ||
Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti convener Leela Karan Sharma said on 6 August 2008 that nothing short of revocation of the land transfer to Amarnath Shrine Board would be acceptable. He opined that the state government was responsible for flaring religious sentiments by allowing construction of the Muslim Jama Masjid at Baltal, yet not allowing a temporary structure for the benefit of Hindu yatris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Politics_on_land_row_wont_be_tolerated/articleshow/3335405.cms|title='Politics on land row won't be tolerated'|work=The Times of India|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti convener Leela Karan Sharma said on 6 August 2008 that nothing short of revocation of the land transfer to Amarnath Shrine Board would be acceptable. He opined that the state government was responsible for flaring religious sentiments by allowing construction of the Muslim Jama Masjid at Baltal, yet not allowing a temporary structure for the benefit of Hindu yatris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Politics_on_land_row_wont_be_tolerated/articleshow/3335405.cms|title='Politics on land row won't be tolerated'|work=The Times of India|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
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The protests highlighted the eclipse of secularism in the state of Jammu and Kashmir<ref name="ibnlive.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jammu-vs-kashmir-has-secularism-failed/70587-3-p1.html|title=Jammu vs Kashmir: Has secularism failed?|work=IBNLive|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> It also highlighted widespread frustration among both Hindus and Muslims in Jammu with the appeasement of separatists in the Kashmir valley.<ref name="hindustantimes"/><ref name="ibnlive.com"/> The separatist-Muslim dominated north west (Kashmir valley), not ready to provide land for Amarnath yatris, succeeded in revoking the land transfer through violent protests. Jammu's Hindu and Muslim nationalists in the south west (Jammu)<ref name="hindustantimes"/> are equally opposed to the appeasement decision to revoke the land transfer. Thus, a regional divide emerged between Jammu and Kashmir.,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/LEADER_ARTICLE_Watch_The_Border_/articleshow/3358150.cms | work=The Times of India | title=LEADER ARTICLE: Watch The Border | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> while eastern Ladakh remains aloof. | The protests highlighted the eclipse of secularism in the state of Jammu and Kashmir<ref name="ibnlive.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jammu-vs-kashmir-has-secularism-failed/70587-3-p1.html|title=Jammu vs Kashmir: Has secularism failed?|work=IBNLive|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> It also highlighted widespread frustration among both Hindus and Muslims in Jammu with the appeasement of separatists in the Kashmir valley.<ref name="hindustantimes"/><ref name="ibnlive.com"/> The separatist-Muslim dominated north west (Kashmir valley), not ready to provide land for Amarnath yatris, succeeded in revoking the land transfer through violent protests. Jammu's Hindu and Muslim nationalists in the south west (Jammu)<ref name="hindustantimes"/> are equally opposed to the appeasement decision to revoke the land transfer. Thus, a regional divide emerged between Jammu and Kashmir.,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/LEADER_ARTICLE_Watch_The_Border_/articleshow/3358150.cms | work=The Times of India | title=LEADER ARTICLE: Watch The Border | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> while eastern Ladakh remains aloof. | ||
The [[Gujjar]] Muslim community strongly attacked the statement of separatist leaders that Muslims in Jammu do not want to live with Hindus of the region. They described it as "an attempt to drive a wedge between communities bonded with each other by language and culture for centuries".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/08/stories/2008080861641100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811043954/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/08/stories/2008080861641100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Gujjar Muslims flay remarks of separatists |date=2008-08-08|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>https:// | The [[Gujjar]] Muslim community strongly attacked the statement of separatist leaders that Muslims in Jammu do not want to live with Hindus of the region. They described it as "an attempt to drive a wedge between communities bonded with each other by language and culture for centuries".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/08/stories/2008080861641100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811043954/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/08/stories/2008080861641100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Gujjar Muslims flay remarks of separatists |date=2008-08-08|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/|title=Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Todays News Headlines Online, English News Top Stories|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> | ||
==Fruit grower's protests== | ==Fruit grower's protests== | ||
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===Party wise stand=== | ===Party wise stand=== | ||
Congress Working Committee spokesperson, [[Veerappa Moily]], said "Providing makeshift and temporary accommodation for yatris and pilgrims all over the country is not a new phenomenon... the authorities spend a lot of money in providing temporary facilities during [[Kumbh Mela]], [[Puri]] [[rath yatra]] festival". said that it was absurd to suggest all such temporary shelters could be made permanent. Moily said that the Hurriyat factions and other separatist groups had exploited the mood during the turmoil to revive their "diabolic agenda". He said that playing mischief, Hurriyat had spread rumours that the highways from the Valley to the plains had been blocked stopping movement of goods and essential commodities. Making use of this false propaganda, they organised the march to Muzaffarabad to seek market for the fruit, Moily said.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Subverse/Hurriyat_using_stir_to_revive_own_agenda/articleshow/3386927.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Hurriyat using stir to revive own agenda | date=21 August 2008}}</ref> | Congress Working Committee spokesperson, [[Veerappa Moily]], said "Providing makeshift and temporary accommodation for yatris and pilgrims all over the country is not a new phenomenon... the authorities spend a lot of money in providing temporary facilities during [[Kumbh Mela]], [[Puri]] [[rath yatra]] festival". said that it was absurd to suggest all such temporary shelters could be made permanent. Moily said that the Hurriyat factions and other separatist groups had exploited the mood during the turmoil to revive their "diabolic agenda". He said that playing mischief, Hurriyat had spread rumours that the highways from the Valley to the plains had been blocked stopping movement of goods and essential commodities. Making use of this false propaganda, they organised the march to Muzaffarabad to seek market for the fruit, Moily said.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Subverse/Hurriyat_using_stir_to_revive_own_agenda/articleshow/3386927.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Hurriyat using stir to revive own agenda | date=21 August 2008}}</ref> | ||
Ignoring the Indian government's curfew orders, People's Democratic Party and Kashmiri separatist leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hu44uusY7VI6OBS0i8QEOSv0ENuA |access-date=12 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155414/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hu44uusY7VI6OBS0i8QEOSv0ENuA |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}</ref> backed the local fruit growers<ref>{{cite news| url=http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-34944920080811 | work=Reuters | title=Thousands of Indian traders clash with police | date=11 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="hindu.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360121200.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060656/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360121200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 January 2013 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=In Kashmir, a reign of error | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> | Ignoring the Indian government's curfew orders, People's Democratic Party and Kashmiri separatist leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hu44uusY7VI6OBS0i8QEOSv0ENuA |title=Indian troops fire shots to halt Kashmir march |access-date=12 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155414/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hu44uusY7VI6OBS0i8QEOSv0ENuA |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}</ref> backed the local fruit growers<ref>{{cite news| url=http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-34944920080811 | work=Reuters | title=Thousands of Indian traders clash with police | date=11 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="hindu.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360121200.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060656/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360121200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 January 2013 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=In Kashmir, a reign of error | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> | ||
===Government position=== | ===Government position=== | ||
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===March to the LOC=== | ===March to the LOC=== | ||
On 11 August 2008, 50,000 to 2,50,000 Kashmiri protesters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/12/top4.htm|title=Troops open fire as 250,000 'march to Muzaffarabad': APHC leader Sheikh Aziz killed|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Curfew_in_Srinagar_Hurriyat_leader_dies_in_police_firing/articleshow/3352939.cms|title=Amarnath row: 5 killed in firing at march to PoK|work=The Times of India|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="times_tensions">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4507868.ece|title=Tensions rise as Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz shot dead|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> attempted to cross the [[Line of Control|LoC]] to [[Muzaffarabad]], in violation of march ban orders.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} Despite intelligence warnings that the LoC march would gather tens of thousands of supporters, the State government and top police officials failed to act immediately and refused to impose a curfew. In the event, small groups of police personnel were left to hold back the marchers.<ref name="hindu.com" /> | On 11 August 2008, 50,000 to 2,50,000 Kashmiri protesters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/12/top4.htm|title=Troops open fire as 250,000 'march to Muzaffarabad': APHC leader Sheikh Aziz killed|date=12 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Curfew_in_Srinagar_Hurriyat_leader_dies_in_police_firing/articleshow/3352939.cms|title=Amarnath row: 5 killed in firing at march to PoK|work=The Times of India|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="times_tensions">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4507868.ece|title=Tensions rise as Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz shot dead|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> attempted to cross the [[Line of Control|LoC]] to [[Muzaffarabad]], in violation of march ban orders.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} Despite intelligence warnings that the LoC march would gather tens of thousands of supporters, the State government and top police officials failed to act immediately and refused to impose a curfew. In the event, small groups of police personnel were left to hold back the marchers.<ref name="hindu.com" /> | ||
===11 August violence=== | ===11 August violence=== | ||
Fifteen people were killed and hundreds more injured when police and paramilitary forces opened fire on protesters attempting to cross the LoC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=4ecfa6f8-0c4e-4e09-8936-46fd8c5121f8&ParentID=0d22db88-be05-412c-b6e9-63910b735b83&&Headline=Troops+on+alert+to+halt+protest+march|title=Troops on alert to halt Kashmir protest march|newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=11 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=af08203b-9f30-4976-b80b-43a37daefcf2AmarnathLandRow_Special&&Headline=Eleven+killed+in+firing%2c+Valley+under+curfew|title=Protests over Amarnath land transfer gain communal, separatist tones|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | Fifteen people were killed and hundreds more injured when police and paramilitary forces opened fire on protesters attempting to cross the LoC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=4ecfa6f8-0c4e-4e09-8936-46fd8c5121f8&ParentID=0d22db88-be05-412c-b6e9-63910b735b83&&Headline=Troops+on+alert+to+halt+protest+march|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717050757/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=4ecfa6f8-0c4e-4e09-8936-46fd8c5121f8&ParentID=0d22db88-be05-412c-b6e9-63910b735b83&&Headline=Troops+on+alert+to+halt+protest+march|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2009|title=Troops on alert to halt Kashmir protest march|newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=11 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=af08203b-9f30-4976-b80b-43a37daefcf2AmarnathLandRow_Special&&Headline=Eleven+killed+in+firing%2c+Valley+under+curfew|title=Protests over Amarnath land transfer gain communal, separatist tones|access-date=6 October 2014}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | ||
[[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]] (APHC) leader [[Sheikh Abdul Aziz]], a moderate separatist, was among those killed on 11 August.<ref name="times_tensions" /> Police say several of their personnel were injured by stones thrown by those at the protest.<ref name="bbc_police_fire">{{cite | [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]] (APHC) leader [[Sheikh Abdul Aziz]], a moderate separatist, was among those killed on 11 August.<ref name="times_tensions" /> Police say several of their personnel were injured by stones thrown by those at the protest.<ref name="bbc_police_fire">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7553317.stm|title=Police fire on Kashmir protesters|date=11 August 2008|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
=== 12 August violence === | === 12 August violence === | ||
Following the death of the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference|APHC]] separatist leader [[Sheikh Abdul Aziz]] and others during the police firing on 11 August,<ref name="times_tensions" /> the separatists in Kashmir region organized protests. Fifteen Kashmiri civilians were killed in the firing by Kashmir police and paramilitary forces.<ref name="thehindu_fifteen">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360960100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816003137/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360960100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Fifteen shot dead in Jammu & Kashmir |date=2008-08-13|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> More than 100 people were also injured in a twelve separate incidents of police firing across the Kashmir valley region.<ref>[http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=226206&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31146 Kashmir turmoil]. Daily News, Bahrain.</ref> Six protesters were killed in [[Srinagar]] police firing.<ref name="thehindu_fifteen" /> In [[Lasjan]], on the outskirts of Srinagar, four were killed after police forces opened fire on a protest led by former government minister Javed Mustafa Mir. Police sources claim that the service weapon of one of Mir's personal security guards "accidentally" went off, injuring 7 [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) troopers, and provoking the retaliatory firing that left four protesters dead.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Amarnath_Sangharsh_Samiti_vows_to_continue_campaign/articleshow/3358461.cms | work=The Times of India | first1=M Saleem | last1=Pandit | title=Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti vows to continue campaign | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> However, local villagers claimed that the CRPF forces opened fire on the protesters first, killing two, then opening once more when others went to help the injured, killing two women in the process.<ref> | Following the death of the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference|APHC]] separatist leader [[Sheikh Abdul Aziz]] and others during the police firing on 11 August,<ref name="times_tensions" /> the separatists in Kashmir region organized protests. Fifteen Kashmiri civilians were killed in the firing by Kashmir police and paramilitary forces.<ref name="thehindu_fifteen">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360960100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816003137/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081360960100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Fifteen shot dead in Jammu & Kashmir |date=2008-08-13|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> More than 100 people were also injured in a twelve separate incidents of police firing across the Kashmir valley region.<ref>[http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=226206&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31146 Kashmir turmoil]. Daily News, Bahrain.</ref> Six protesters were killed in [[Srinagar]] police firing.<ref name="thehindu_fifteen" /> In [[Lasjan]], on the outskirts of Srinagar, four were killed after police forces opened fire on a protest led by former government minister Javed Mustafa Mir. Police sources claim that the service weapon of one of Mir's personal security guards "accidentally" went off, injuring 7 [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) troopers, and provoking the retaliatory firing that left four protesters dead.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Amarnath_Sangharsh_Samiti_vows_to_continue_campaign/articleshow/3358461.cms | work=The Times of India | first1=M Saleem | last1=Pandit | title=Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti vows to continue campaign | date=13 August 2008}}</ref> However, local villagers claimed that the CRPF forces opened fire on the protesters first, killing two, then opening once more when others went to help the injured, killing two women in the process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=13_8_2008&ItemID=36&cat=1 |title=Archived copy |website=www.greaterkashmir.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922195448/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=13_8_2008&ItemID=36&cat=1 |archive-date=22 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Three protesters, including a woman, were killed in firing at [[Paribal]] by the Indian Army. The army spokesperson for the 15 Corps said that the protesters were throwing stones at a military picket, and refused to disperse despite repeated appeals.<ref name="thehindu_fifteen" /> Another protester was reportedly killed in [[Anantnag]]. In [[Kishawar]], communal clashes broke out after Kashmiri Muslims began protesting the death of Sheikh Abdul Aziz. Muslim and Hindu owned homes and businesses were torched, and two protesters, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in the rioting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2413127929|title=India: Fresh protests continue in Kashmir - Adnkronos Security|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> The burial of Sheikh Aziz, held in the Martyrs Graveyard in Srinagar, passed without incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4514293.ece|title=At least 13 people killed in Kashmir as protesters clash with armed police|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
===14 August Jammu death=== | ===14 August Jammu death=== | ||
In Jammu, a man named Balwant Raj Sharma poisoned himself. He donated all his property to Shree Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti.<ref> | In Jammu, a man named Balwant Raj Sharma poisoned himself. He donated all his property to Shree Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kashmirlive.com/story/Senior-citizen-commits-suicide-over-shrine-land/348890.html |title=Archived copy |website=www.kashmirlive.com |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127044955/http://www.kashmirlive.com/story/Senior-citizen-commits-suicide-over-shrine-land/348890.html |archive-date=27 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14740445 |title=Man commits suicide, Amarnath issue blamed |access-date=14 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716050736/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14740445 |archive-date=16 July 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200808141521.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Protestor commits suicide in Kathua district | date=14 August 2008}}</ref> | ||
===20 August protests in Jammu and Kashmir=== | ===20 August protests in Jammu and Kashmir=== | ||
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===Domestic=== | ===Domestic=== | ||
* Analysts have said that the environmental and political furore in the region is baseless as the government has not allotted land to SASB, nor has land been demarcated for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=fb017cd0-8ad8-42ff-aa96-5440965dc158&ParentID=0c696ab1-f13c-4ef8-b7a1-1d287972d74c&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=Sound+%26amp%3b+fury+over+nothing%3f|title=Sound & fury over nothing?|publisher=Hindustantimes.com/|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | * Analysts have said that the environmental and political furore in the region is baseless as the government has not allotted land to SASB, nor has land been demarcated for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=fb017cd0-8ad8-42ff-aa96-5440965dc158&ParentID=0c696ab1-f13c-4ef8-b7a1-1d287972d74c&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=Sound+%26amp%3b+fury+over+nothing%3f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717050658/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=fb017cd0-8ad8-42ff-aa96-5440965dc158&ParentID=0c696ab1-f13c-4ef8-b7a1-1d287972d74c&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=Sound+%26amp%3B+fury+over+nothing%3F|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2009|title=Sound & fury over nothing?|publisher=Hindustantimes.com/|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
* Government agencies also claimed that the land being considered for the transfer to SASB was barren and inhospitable and the political agenda of the groups opposing the land transfer was obvious.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" /> | * Government agencies also claimed that the land being considered for the transfer to SASB was barren and inhospitable and the political agenda of the groups opposing the land transfer was obvious.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" /> | ||
* News agencies such as ''[[Times of India]]'' claimed that PDP's stance on the land transfer issue is a "political gimmick" as the current Forest Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Qazi Afzal, and his predecessor are both from PDP and the proposal to transfer the land to SASB was examined by the state's forest department, law ministry and [[Supreme Court of India]] before being approved.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" /> | * News agencies such as ''[[Times of India]]'' claimed that PDP's stance on the land transfer issue is a "political gimmick" as the current Forest Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Qazi Afzal, and his predecessor are both from PDP and the proposal to transfer the land to SASB was examined by the state's forest department, law ministry and [[Supreme Court of India]] before being approved.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" /> | ||
* Awami National Conference, alleged that political parties in Jammu and Kashmir were using the issue to divide the state on communal lines so as to gain political mileage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=6bfe8f13-101d-4485-84a2-422cf355ca83&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=Don%27t+politicise+SASB+land+transfer+issue%3a+ANC|title=Don't politicise SASB land transfer issue: ANC|date=27 June 2008|publisher=Press Trust of India|access-date=2008-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200806272066.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Don't politicise SASB land transfer issue: ANC | date=27 June 2008}}</ref> | * Awami National Conference, alleged that political parties in Jammu and Kashmir were using the issue to divide the state on communal lines so as to gain political mileage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=6bfe8f13-101d-4485-84a2-422cf355ca83&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=Don%27t+politicise+SASB+land+transfer+issue%3a+ANC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716174308/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=6bfe8f13-101d-4485-84a2-422cf355ca83&MatchID1=4715&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1189&MatchID2=4752&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=5&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1197&PrimaryID=4715&Headline=Don%27t+politicise+SASB+land+transfer+issue%3A+ANC|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2009|title=Don't politicise SASB land transfer issue: ANC|date=27 June 2008|publisher=Press Trust of India|access-date=2008-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200806272066.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Don't politicise SASB land transfer issue: ANC | date=27 June 2008}}</ref> | ||
* Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister remarked that "things were blown out of proportion" and "the parties are playing politics over the Amarnath land row".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054842 |access-date=8 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808001849/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054842 |archive-date=8 August 2008 }}</ref> | * Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister remarked that "things were blown out of proportion" and "the parties are playing politics over the Amarnath land row".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054842 |title=Parties playing politics over religion: Azad |access-date=8 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808001849/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080054842 |archive-date=8 August 2008 }}</ref> | ||
* [[Omar Abdullah]], [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]] leader, accused the PDP of hypocrisy over the issue as PDP's minister was a part of the government that took the decision to transfer land to SASB.<ref>[[CNN-IBN]] interview of Omar Abdullah on 28 June 2008</ref> He also described the protests in the Kashmir region as "Kashmiri nationalism" and added that "[Kashmiri] people aren't against the Amarnath Yatra – they are only protesting against the land transfer which is pure nationalism" he also added "India calls itself the world's largest functioning democracy. But if we are really a democracy, can't we let people express their dissent?" .<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Amarnath_land_row_turns_ugly/articleshow/3174004.cms | work=The Times of India | first1=Sameer | last1=Arshad | title=Amarnath land row turns ugly | date=28 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703195.html | | * [[Omar Abdullah]], [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]] leader, accused the PDP of hypocrisy over the issue as PDP's minister was a part of the government that took the decision to transfer land to SASB.<ref>[[CNN-IBN]] interview of Omar Abdullah on 28 June 2008</ref> He also described the protests in the Kashmir region as "Kashmiri nationalism" and added that "[Kashmiri] people aren't against the Amarnath Yatra – they are only protesting against the land transfer which is pure nationalism" he also added "India calls itself the world's largest functioning democracy. But if we are really a democracy, can't we let people express their dissent?" .<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Amarnath_land_row_turns_ugly/articleshow/3174004.cms | work=The Times of India | first1=Sameer | last1=Arshad | title=Amarnath land row turns ugly | date=28 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703195.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Peaceful Protests in Kashmir Alter Equation for India | first=Emily | last=Wax | date=28 August 2008 | access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref> | ||
===Party To dispute=== | ===Party To dispute=== | ||
On Wednesday 6 August 2008 the [[Pakistani Senate]] unanimously passed a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] on the matter. The resolution expressed concerns over attacks on Muslims and their properties by Hindus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C07%5Cstory_7-8-2008_pg7_22|title=Daily Times|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | On Wednesday 6 August 2008 the [[Pakistani Senate]] unanimously passed a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] on the matter. The resolution expressed concerns over attacks on Muslims and their properties by Hindus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C08%5C07%5Cstory_7-8-2008_pg7_22|title=Daily Times|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
*In response the Indian Foreign Ministry said, "We have seen reports in the Pakistani media that the Senate of Pakistan has passed a resolution about the situation in J & K. Such a resolution amounts to gross interference in our internal affairs. The Senate should attend to issues where it has a [[locus standi]]."<ref> | *In response the Indian Foreign Ministry said, "We have seen reports in the Pakistani media that the Senate of Pakistan has passed a resolution about the situation in J & K. Such a resolution amounts to gross interference in our internal affairs. The Senate should attend to issues where it has a [[locus standi]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meaindia.nic.in/pressbriefing/2008/08/07pb01.htm |title= |website=www.meaindia.nic.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410141524/http://www.meaindia.nic.in/pressbriefing/2008/08/07pb01.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||