Roy, Geelani are no freedom fighters

A clutch of terrorist and jihadi groups organize a seminar, ‘Azaadi — The Only Way’, in the heart of the national Capital. Many despicable characters, including Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, participate in the seminar. They air secessionist views and abuse all who stand for the nation.
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, who has made it a point to befriend all scoundrel of India, said, “Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. It is an historical fact. Even the Indian Government has accepted this.” Of course, she skipped the minor details like when did the Indian Government accepted this “historical fact.” In her scheme of things, India became a “colonizing power” soon after its Independence.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said, “The whole country was shocked when a large number of separatists groups met in Delhi under the nose of the Government and had a conference… Some misconceived representatives of civil society have advocated that these separatists were only advocating and exercising their free right to speech.”
Unfortunately, it is not only the “misconceived representatives of civil society” who are trying to pit freedom of speech against national security, as if India were ruled by some jingoistic tyrants who brook no dissent. Even the mainstream mediapersons, especially media Brahmins who love to pontificate, who are presenting it as a freedom of expression versus national security issue.
The fact is that Geelani and his buddies in the Kashmir Valley are hardcore jihadis who want to establish Shariat; they are the biggest enemies of all freedoms the modern world offers to mankind. Given a chance, they would transform the ‘paradise on earth’ into a Talibani hell, impose the most barbaric form of laws, and treat women like cattle.
Even without being in power, they have imposed partial Taliban rule in the Valley.
Besides, the Right to Freedom of Expression is meant for the citizens of India. Do Geelani, Row, and other traitors call themselves citizens of India?
Commenting on the controversy triggered off by the seminar and the demands for action against Geelani and Roy, Dileep Padgaonkar, who heads the three-member group of interlocutors for Kashmir, said “Our response should be that of a mature democracy. It should be based on cool reason and not the kind of emotional outbursts we witnessed yesterday.” Well, cool reason says that medieval morons should be dealt with firmly.
While Geelani-Roy attracted a lot of attention, the presence of Maoist sympathizers at the meeting was largely overlooked by the media. In this context, an August 2008 statement, made by Maoist spokesperson Azad who died in an encounter in July, is relevant: “The CC (central committee), CPI-Maoist, unequivocally supports Kashmiri people’s struggle for azadi and believes that one who does not support the people’s aspirations for freedom and independence can never be a democrat.”
It is not surprising that the Leftwing terrorists have a soft corner for the Kashmiri separatists—enemy’s enemy is a natural friend. The Azadi seminar presented the jihadis and the Maoists to form a deadly alliance. It also presented an opportunity to become a martyr to the cause of freedom. “Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds,” Roy said in her reaction to the reports that she and Geelani might be prosecuted.
The truth is that she and Geelani are no freedom fighters. The Azadi they cry about is a tirade against individual liberty and open society.