 EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 13: Panun Kashmir (PK) today organized a seminar and the topic of the seminar was "Jammu on the Terrorist Radar."
Prominent intellectuals and opinion makers participated in the seminar and apprised the dangers of the renewed thrust of terrorism and secessionism in the state particularly the Jammu province. The recent escalations in the violence in the state and attempts to foment communal and sectarian disturbances were discussed threadbare during the seminar.
On the occasion, former Director General Police, J&K M M Khajuria, explained the present security situation in the state he made a lucid comparison of the trends in relation to political developments in the state, country and the whole region of South Asia.
Explaining the geopolitics of the region M M Khajuria said that in the post US withdrawal (from Afghanistan) strategy of Pakistani army and the ISI, Jammu naturally figures prominently on the terrorist radar.
Dr Hari Om, retired Professor of History, University of Jammu and a prolific writer and opinion maker said the terrorist assault on Jammu started after Pakistan failed to get adequate international support to get endorsement of its anti-India resolution in UNHRC, Geneva, in 1994. He said terrorism in the state has got internal support which could not be eliminated during all these years due to subversive politics practiced from within the state
Addressing the gathering, Dr Ajay Chrungoo, Chairman, Panun Kashmir, in his presentation described the situation as serious as the new destabilization through escalation of terrorist violence and calibrated military pricks from Pakistan and China in the state is unfolding with an alarming frequency and intensity.
Expressing his views, Dipanker Sengupta, professor of Economics in Jammu University said, "The recent attacks by terrorists in Samba and Hiranagar targeting the Army and Police cannot be seen in isolation; indeed they have to be seen in a broader context of the events that have occurred in Gool and Kishtwar."
He explained, "The separatist agenda which was changing in form and was being articulated only in some parts of the Valley is being sought to be given a fillip by a series of acts which seem to be occurring too close to one another not to be uncoordinated." |
