The dangerous game of Videos in Kashmir Valley

A very dangerous game of releasing videos in Kashmir valley have started. In one video, we saw that local youths were assaulting CRPF Jawans who were returning from election duty. In another video, we saw that a local Kashmiri youth was tied to an army jeep to deter protestors to throw stone. Both incidents are the two sides of the same coin. We have sympathy with those CRPF Jawans who were protecting democracy and the youth who was tied to the jeep. We must praise the patience of those Jawans who didn’t opened fire when they were assaulted but we must condemn those jawans who had tied that youth to the jeep.

I have full faith in professionalism of Indian Army and I am sure that they will take action against those officers/Jawans who violated the human rights by making the youth as a shield against stone peters. We Indians don’t use human shields. We also must not deny the ultimate sacrifices done by our armed forces in Kashmir to protect Indian interests. But they should remember that they are Indian Army or Indian Parliamentary forces. Indian army has a long tradition of respecting the civilians and I am sure that our armed forces will never do the same. Despite hostile environment, our armed forces has helped civilians on numerous occasions. Whether its flood or any natural calamity or it is terrorists from Pakistan, it’s the Indian armed forces which has protected the civilians. I don’t deny that our armed forces may not have done any violation of human rights. A few army men have been punished for human right violation and I want that Government & army should bring justices in this case quickly to restore confidence in the valley.

And Kashmiri public should also understand that our armed forces are not occupation army but it is there for their help & security. They must not test the patience of our Jawans. They must not assault our Jawans in the manner some youth did on that video. It was the moral & training of the CRPF which prevented any unwanted incidents on that day. There is a vicious cycle going in valley. Stone palters or in some case protestors clash with security forces and a few people are killed in this process. And again the clash happens in the funeral processions of those who were killed. The cycle repeats & repeats. The fault lies with both sides. Stone palters must not challenge the might if armed forces & armed forces should show some more restraints.

Politicians & separatists add fuel to the fire. Abdullas must understand that they were part of the 1987 election rigging which ignited the current circle of militancy. They had ruled Kashmir for so many years and they should not now play with fire just for winning the election. PDP-BJP government should also reach out to people to win the confidence. Central Government should show the willingness to improve the condition of Kashmir. Separatists should think about Kashmiri people not their Pakistani paymaster. And Pakistan should understand that an unstable Kashmir is a threat to Pakistan itself. And we Indians should accept that there is a problem in Kashmir and we should try to solve it not to ignite it by taking a hardliner view. Let us accept that Kashmir problem can’t be solved by barrel of the gun. We must start a political process to solve the issue within the constitution of India.