The lies about Amarnath…
My distrust of the Indian mainstream media deepens by the day.
Courtesy Dina Nath Mishra’s article, ”Amarnath land grant and the reality around it“, I learnt today how even “..in this age of widespread and fast communication”, it is possible to hide facts.
Fact #1: The land was to be transferred NOT allocated
Fact #2: It was to be only for a period of two months in a year when Amarnath pilgrims visited
Fact #3: No permanent structure was to be constructed, for Article 370 forbids the same
And yet, we had the Hurriyat and assorted leaders crying hoarse over threat to demographics, ecological damage and danger to Kashmiriat…
And how has mainstream media reported these facts?
See this Rediff news-report in which the words “allotment” and “transfer” have been used inter-changeably even though they have very different meanings and implications. And while the report clearly mentions “temporary structures” (which surely cannot be said to threaten any demographics), this important fact is soon forgotten (emphasis mine):
The forest land allotment controversy erupted soon after the state cabinet took a decision in May last to transfer 100 acres of land to SASB for raising temporary structures to facilitate the yatra.
HT refers to “land diversion” in this news-report…surely a very different thing from “land allocation”?
After NC patriarch Dr Farooq Abdullah demanded the government order sanctioning land diversion be revoked, PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayed has asked for a cancellation too.
So why is no one talking about these “facts”?
