What a shame??

Omar Abdullah has decided not to blog in the party official web site (http://www.jknc.org). Read for yourself his last short post titled Alvida. I am feeling disappointed that an young politician gave up something that could have brought, in years to come, more politicians interact with knowledgeable people across the world and in the process learn something to help society and nation. Omar had comments not moderated in the very early days but had to moderate as the language used by some intolerable fanatics could not be put out in the open. Now, his blogging has sadly come to and end. What a shame?

All of us remember the speech he made in Parliament on the day of trust vote. Among the league of young politicians (Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Agatha Sangma and etc.), Omar is the only politician to gain much needed experience at young age by serving as a Minister at center, though he recently regretted working in that capacity during NDA rule. I do not agree with him on everything that he writes but I read much of what he writes. He is a human and entitled to have his opinions; you will agree on some and disagree on some but he should not be abused for expressing what he thinks in open. It is shame on all of us!

On the subject of transfer of land to Amarnath shrine board, I came across this blog post that puts facts for people to understand the politics of religion in our country. Sadly, selected fortunate few in minority community lobby for their own benefit in the name of minority development with their eyes firm on votes. We have to learn to live with it forever!!