Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 1: Pakistan seems to be itching for another round. What is sad happening in Kashmir, is not a localized affair. India must remain at guards to respond effectively to any mischief.
This was stated by former Union Minister, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, while talking to groups of migrants from Pak-held areas as also from the Valley and refugees from Pakistan staying in the State.
Prof. Gupta recalled that Pakistan had come into being on basis of hate India and it was unfortunate that its rulers, mostly the Army dictators, have learnt no lessons from the conflicts over the decades.
Belligerency on part of the neighbour is on the increase in various forms viz. the cross border terror, violations of ceasefire, mounting infiltration bids, pumping of fake currency, smuggling of narcotics and heavily funding of violence, he added and cautioned against showing any slackness in dealing with the designs of separatists and perpetrators of violence.
He also pointed out that the boggy of Kashmir gets louder when such like problems are aggravated in Balochistan, PoK and elsewhere. This is obviously done to divert the attention of their people, he added.
Prof. Gupta said that history is witness that any bellicose or aggression cannot be dealt with just by clichés or mere slogans. It needs firm approach. The prevailing ugly situation in the Valley needs a review in the policies and enforcement of the laws.
There is much talk about political initiatives but why these did not work in the past and what is happening now, needed to be answered, he questioned and observed that groups of stone pelters backed by gun-totters are dominating the life in the Valley.
He said mainstream politicians have become irrelevant and are under pressures. They are tuning with the subversives and enemy agents, Gupta added.
In the prevailing situation the first and foremost step is needed to get liberated vast majority of the peace loving people who have been made hostages by the perpetrators of violence, he maintained.
Prof. Gupta said that while sorting out the issues of the Valley, the problems of Jammu and Ladakh should not lose sight as Valley is just a small part of this big State.
Above all the permanent settlement of the migrants should be taken care of as lakhs of people have been hounded out from their homes and hearths but for religious bigotry, he stressed.
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