Srinagar, May 10: Kashmir-based medico cum noted columnist Dr Tasaduk Hussain Itoo on Friday said that the intellectual community has an immense role to play in reshaping the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370.
He said that the abrogation of Article 370 and concomitant downgrading of the Jammu and Kashmir state to a Union Territory — has drastically changed the overall political scenario and raised new challenges to face for the political leadership of the place.
Speaking to Rising Kashmir, Dr Tasaduk said, “In these testing times of massive political transition, we shouldn’t be hopeless and helpless, rather we need to instill positivity, braveness and courage among people to move forward toward the dawn of development and light.”
He urged intellectuals to become more sensitive to the growing challenges in education, health, economy, basic human rights, and the existing political system in Jammu and Kashmir. They should shoulder the responsibility to set it right, he stressed.
“It is high time to reimagine the political landscape at the grassroots level, do a kind of thorough introspection and create an internal dialogue among ourselves to design a way forward in reshaping the politics of the place,” Dr Itoo said. “I believe that actively engaging in the electoral political process through active participation, dialogues, debates and discussions to explore new, effective and innovative ways in choosing the political leadership – is the way forward in finding solutions to every posing challenge.”
