states politics
New Tress of
Fundamentalism
in Kashmir
J&K government has been unable to coin ideas other than the use of strong-arm methods
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By Amulya Ganguli
ith no sign of the unrest in Kashmir subsiding, the
state is passing through one of the worst phases
of its history. The scene has been made gloomier
by the fact that both the Centre and the state
government appear to be clueless about a solution.
Although Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti believes that
only five per cent of the people in the state are supporting the
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insurgency, she has been unable to rally the remaining 95 per
cent in the government’s favour. Her administrative inexperience
and political timidity may be responsible for her seeming
helplessness.
But, unfortunately, her coalition partner, the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), has also been unable to come out with ideas other
than the use of strong-arm methods, of which the pellet gun
remains the primary weapon, to bring the situation under
control.