February 23, 2021
They have also cautioned that if these
They have also cautioned that if these and other contentious and sensitive
issues are not tackled with utmost competence and care, a serious law and order
situation may occur in the state.While both mainstream Opposition parties,
including National Conference (NC) and separatists, accused the chief minister
of trying to mislead the people on the issue, the latter warned that a
state-wide agitation will be launched if the government goes ahead with either
of the two propositions.The Jammu and Kashmir police’s top brass has cautioned
the Centre that raking up ticklish and thorny issues in the political arena of
the sensitive border state may pose a serious threat to peace and The Jammu and
Kashmir police’s top brass has cautioned the Centre that raking up ticklish and
thorny issues in the political arena of the sensitive border state may pose a
serious threat to peace and could push it into a 2008 Amarnath land row-like
situation. Sources in the PDP had said that following their one-on-one meeting,
the BJP acknowledged her concerns and agreed to stick to "coalition
dharma".
Various separatist leaders and parties, including Mr Syed Ali Shah
Geelani and Mr Muhammad Yasin Malik, have publicly threatened that a mass
agitation will be launched if the PDP-BJP government in the state goes ahead
with the plan to set up separate clusters for displaced Kashmiri pandits at
various locations in the Valley and a Sainik colony on the outskirts of summer
capital Srinagar.The sources said that apart from the J&K’s police’s top
brass, officers of some of the state and Central intelligence agencies too have
in their dossiers apprised the Centre of the "worrying ground situation" and
"potential threat to peace".Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti told the state
Assembly, now in its budget session, last week that the transit accommodations
her government has planned to set up in the Valley will not be exclusively meant
for Kashmiri pandits but 50 per cent of it will be reserved for people of other
faiths. Her assertions failed to impress separatists. "But we have categorically
told them that there is no land available at present," she said.She also said
that although Sainik Colony was proposed to be established only for the state
subject ex-servicemen, because of the non-availability of land there has been no
movement forward on the issue.
The PDP leadership, sources said, has conveyed to
its coalition partner that any attempt to rake up contentious and sensitive
issues in the public domain, particularly those which have the potential of
disturbing the political psyche of the state’s majority community at this stage,
would only make the chief minister’s task more difficult."They have been urged
to ensure wisdom and restraint are exercised by all those who matter and no such
step is taken directly or through the state administration that may provide a
basis for separatists and other vested interests’ to incite people to come out
on the streets and seek to settle the issues through agitation and violence,"
said a senior police officer who spoke to this newspaper on the condition of
anonymity.Reliable sources said that senior police officers from the state
recently told the Union home ministry officials that tensions are brewing up in
the state, particularly the Valley, over planned separate residential colonies
for Kashmiri pandits and former Army personnel and their families. The J&K
police higher-ups and those at various intelligence agencies have only endorsed
the view. Also, the BJP quickly contradicted the chief minister, saying her
coalition partner is committed to setting up Sainik Colony in Srinagar. Din975
Sources said that the issues and brewing tensions over these came up for
discussion between Ms Mufti and BJP national general secretary, Mr Ram Madhav,
here last week
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