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Revocation of special status fails to contain violence in Valley
Posted 10 Jul 2020 04:56 PM

Revocation of special status fails to contain violence in Valley

| From: NATIONAL HERALD |

The recent political killings in the Valley have laid bare PM Narendra Modi-led BJP government's false narrative of normalcy in the Valley.
On Wednesday, a BJP worker and two of his family members were shot dead in north Kashmir's Bandipora town. The killings took place exactly a month after militants killed a Congress party sarpanch in Lukbawan village in Annatnag.
After the Modi-led BJP government at the Centre did away with the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the it into two Union Territories, the government said that the radical move would usher in a new dawn of peace and development in the trouble-torn region.
Both Prime Minister and Home Minister held the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir responsible for engendering the violence and sentiment of separatism the region. However, eleven months down the line, there hardly seems any change in the ground situation, with violence still being the order of the day in the newly carved Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to official sources, 39 young boys have joined militant ranks from January 2020 to May as compared to 85 last year.
According to a bi-annual report prepared by Srinagar-based rights bodies Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), 32 civilians, 143 militants and 54 security personnel have been killed in the first half of this year, from January to June.
"The odds of the presence of foreign militants in the area are more as the mountain passes open from April, making it possible for militants sneak into this side of border," said a police official, who declined to be quoted.
Last month, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told reporters in Anantnag that there were lesser number of militants active in north Kashmir. He, however, said that at least 29 foreign militants were active in south Kashmir.
Political observers in the Valley say that the BJP government's August 5 move has come a cropper as it completely failed to head off violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

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