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Army vetoes Govt's demilitarisation plan
Published on Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 23:45, Updated on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 11:31 in Nation section
Tags: Army, Jammu And Kashmir , New Delhi
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New Delhi: If statistics are to be believed, the Indian Army finally seems to have a measure of the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.
At the height of militancy in 1994 as many as 3,200 terrorist-related incidents were recorded.
In the last two years, the number has dropped to just over 10 per cent of that figure.
Infiltration has dropped over four times from 1,373 in 2003 to 315 last year. And for the first time kill ratios put the Army seven times ahead of the militants.
So, if the situation in Kashmir has never been militarily as favourable to India since 1989 as it is today, then why the hesitation to withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir?
The answer probably is that despite unprecedented success in containing militancy, Jammu and Kashmir is militarily unresolved. No prizes for guessing why.
The political logic for demilitarisation would have been compelling had protagonists not ignored the external element to the insurgency.
So, the feasibility of Indian troop de-induction is actually in the same hands, which control the terror tap.
“India must have credible evidence that camps training terrorists be wound up. There must be greater verifiable action against Lashkar,” says Ex-Vice-Chief of Army, Lt Gen V K Sood.
Sources have told CNN-IBN that Army Chief General J J Singh has conveyed to the Government in no uncertain terms that troop reduction at this stage could revive militant violence. Also, doubts have been expressed about the capability of the state government to handle even routine governance without Army help.
"The security agencies of the state are inadequate,” says Sood.
Is this the right time to test the effectiveness of the government of Jammu and Kashmir without an Army prop? This is the question, which will confront decision makers in South Block, as the demand for demilitarisation becomes central to the political contest in Kashmir.
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