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| Rajnath's U Turn after nation's anger, says no ceasefire in J&K | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 29: After nationwide outrage against unilateral ceasefire announced by the Centre to appease PDP and other separatist groups of Valley, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that it is ceasefire but suspension of operation for some time.
He said that total of 619 militants in Jammu and Kashmir had been killed in gun battles with security forces as he highlighted the all-round improvement in internal and external security under the Narendra Modi government.
He also clarified that the operations against militants had not been stopped during the holy month of Ramadan but had just been suspended. "It is not ceasefire but a temporary suspension of operations," he said, adding that the army is free to respond to any attack.
Addressing media persons here, the senior BJP leader said the number of militants killed in the previous UPA-II government was 471.
"There has been no compromise on the unity and integrity of the nation and we are proactively pursuing operations against the militant groups and subversive elements," Singh added, but did not respond to a query on how many security personnel were killed in this period.
He however said that respecting the supreme sacrifice of the security personnel in the line of duty for the nation, the Union Government had scaled uo the ex-gratia sum from Rs 50 lakh to Rs one crore for their families.
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