SRINAGAR: The Military in Jammu and Kashmir confronted criticism and subsequently cancelled a seminar aimed toward elevating consciousness concerning the Uniform Civil Code and different authorized subjects, Each day Excelsior reported.
The seminar, titled “Navigating authorized frontiers: Understanding Indian Penal Code 2023 and the search for Uniform Civil Code,” scheduled for March 26 at Kashmir College Auditorium, drew backlash from regional political events, significantly from Omar Abdullah, Vice President of the Nationwide Convention (NC).
Abdullah questioned the Military’s involvement in a divisive situation just like the Uniform Civil Code in a delicate area like Kashmir, stating it might compromise the Military’s apolitical and areligious stance. He expressed considerations that continuing with the seminar might implicate the Military in political and spiritual issues.
“Is it applicable for the Indian Military to become involved within the divisive situation of the uniform civil code & that too in a delicate space like Kashmir? There’s a cause the Indian Military has remained apolitical and areligious. This ill-advised UCC seminar is a menace to each these primary tenets,” Abdullah stated in a submit on X.
He stated going forward with the seminar dangers opening up the Military to costs of getting concerned within the “murky world” of politics coupled with “interfering” in spiritual issues.
Tanvir Sadiq, NC’s chief spokesperson, urged the Election Fee of India (ECI) to guage the appropriateness of the Military discussing a subject from the BJP’s manifesto in the course of the Mannequin Code of Conduct interval.
The Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) additionally criticized the Military’s involvement, citing previous cases of perceived partisan roles.
“What we’re seeing is the continuation of the pattern of ‘Naya Kashmir’ and Akhir Kab Tak campaigns through which the Military as an establishment was seen as enjoying a partisan function and instantly interfering within the political affairs of J-Ok,” PDP spokesperson Najmus Saqib stated.
“Put up backlash, we had seen some systemic adjustments, however sadly the seminar by the India Military as an establishment depicts how far the strains between politics and safety equipment have blurred in J-Ok,” he added.
Saqib stated it is a “very harmful pattern” and is a “manifestation of bigger systemic erosion of the Structure”.
After the backlash, the Military cancelled the occasion “on account of implementation of the Mannequin Code of Conduct”. “The Authorized Consciousness Seminar on March 26 by Kashmir Jurist in Kashmir College has been cancelled on account of implementation of the Mannequin Code of Conduct,” Srinagar-based Defence Spokesman Lt Col Manoj Sahu stated.
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