Time to sack Mehbooba?

Governor’s Rule may now be the best option to tackle the drift in Kashmir How can J&K police be trusted?

It was due to the failure of the Jammu and Kashmir government that terrorists managed to carry out such a dastardly attack on the Amarnath yatris.

There were definitely serious lapses in the security arrangements. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad had raised these issues with the Mehbooba Mufti government in May itself.

No matter which political party is running the government in J&K, if that government cannot protect Amarnath yatris and provide security, then it has no right to continue.

Given the current volatile situation in J&K, the VHP had specifically requested that the Indian Army should be given charge of the overall security arrangements of the yatra and not the state police. And the Army should take over the security arrangements 15 days ahead of the commencement of the yatra. How can we trust the state police when we all know that it harbours many supporters of terrorists and separatists in the Kashmir Valley?

There have been many incidents when local policemen had joined the forces which have been waging war against our country.

We all know that it is the Army that has provided security cover to some of the police stations in the region. We had also requested that the alternative Kargil-Drass route to be opened. The Supreme Court and the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board also recommended this, as this route requires less time and pilgrims can return the same day in the evening after the darshan. We had very specifically demanded that the entire route be sanitised and the security should be beefed up.

Everyone knows how separatists are getting support from across the border. We also know how they are grooming stone-pelters in the Valley and supporting terrorists, but the government has failed to check that.

Why has no firm action been taken against these separatists?

Why are they being given security cover?

Why are they even allowed to enjoy facilities that are for citizens of this country, when separatists are nurturing anti-India elements?

Actions should also be taken against those who sympathise with the separatists and stone-pelters, who run a systematic campaign against the use of pellet guns and who in the name of secularism try to give a communal colour to everything in the Valley.

Even the media, specially the local media, which indulges in one-sided reporting, needs to be banned.

It’s high time that a fitting response be given to those who play politics over such issues.

The attack on the yatris was carried out as part of the gameplan to threaten the pilgrims.

But if these thugs think that they can scare us, they are wrong.

Yatris have been visiting the Amarnath cave even when terrorism was at its peak in the state, and they will continue to do so no matter how difficult the situation.

I am myself going there next week. Nothing one can stop us, and such incidents cannot scare us.

There have been many incidents when policemen had joined the forces which have been waging a war. No matter which political party is running the government in J&K if that government cannot protect Amarnath yatris and provide security, then it has no right to continue.