गुरुवार, 14 फ़रवरी 2019

Shame On Us: Pulwama Attack

As the nation is deeply aggrieved over the latest killings of  CRPF jawans in Kashmir's Pulwama district, the  shameless live TV debate, and  political leaders  targeted utterances only sprinkle salt on our wounds.  

Shameless and faceless leaders just indulge in filibuster. Each time, a handful of terrorists slap us on our face by killings our soldiers,  crocodile tears are shed and the sacrifices of our martyrs are forgotten. This McCarthyism has only helped the enemy.  

Even after Uri, we haven't learnt any lesson. Otherwise, how is that a Scorpio SUV loaded with 350 Kg of explosives, runs free on National highway and rams the CRPF bus. The local Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Adil Ahmad Dar, who drove the suicidal vehicle, had joined the terror outfit last year. He was making threatening posts on social media. 

It is quite baffling how a local agent of Jaish could engineer such a big attack, in the light of forces claiming  that almost the entire leadership of Jaish has been wiped out over the years.Security forces had killed Jaish's operational chief Khalid  In 2017, Last year, Mohammad Usman, another top Jaish terrorist was killed by security men. 

Obviously, the terrorists are well-entrenched among locals.  Our jawans can fight enemies but not their own people. This is the real danger. There is no denying that alienation among Kashmir people has been more deep-felt during Modi govt dispensation. The opportunist power sharing between PDP-BJP  only helped the alienation. 

Moreover, the 'smoke-filled room' approach of the Delhi towards Kashmir and the penchant of political operatives  to cash even strategic army action like "surgical strike" have done more damage. In view of coming parliament elections, we can expect some action but nation would want something more than that.