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Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 4: National Conference provincial president for Jammu, Devender Singh Rana today claimed that his organization held promise for peace and development.
While, the organization that leads the coalition Government stands totally exposed on the developmental front, the organization has nothing to boast about on the security front.
In 2009 two women of Shopian were raped and murdered. The incident evoked massive reaction across the state. Even Jammu students protested and condemned the brutal act.
The agitation that ensued consumed scores of persons but nothing happened. Nobody was brought to justice.
Who can forget the 2010 killings? One hundred and thirty persons, most of them teen aged students fell to bullets one after the other.
Again nothing was done. A separatist organization had to approach the High Court seeking an enquiry into the killings.
While 2011 and 2012 were relatively calm, 2013 was reminiscent of early 90s when militancy was at its peak. For the first time in 23 years, the state had more killings of the security men than the militants. The militants struck with ease across the Valley and even attacked Army convoys.
The quantum of peace restored could be gauged by the fact that the authorities had to find recourse in the abandoned and detested strategy. Search operations were re-introduced in the Valley.
Jammu which by and large was peaceful witnessed massive violence. Several attacks on the Army caused a scare. The people are so much scared that hoax reports about presence of militants bring life to a halt.
Rana, as expected made no mention of the last year's violence in Kishtwar. It is widely believed that the authorities took more than six hours to react to an explosive situation. And, by the time the Government woke up, it was too late. |
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