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| Isolation of separatists begins with Fidayeen attack at Lethpora | | | Another wise step taken by the
Government is to withdraw security cover which was being provided to some separatists. Large sums of money running into several crores have been spent on the security top separatists. The separatist leaders, whose security was withdrawn by the State government following the attack on CRPF men at Lethpora, Pulwama said it was a non-issue for them. The government and its propagandist anti-Kashmir media has repeatedly been raking up the issue of police personnel provided to the resistance leadership to politicize, knowing fully well it has no bearing, nor can it in any way change the reality of the lingering Kashmir dispute. With or without these police personnel at Hurriyat residence all remains the same. But these separatists have refused to comment on the issue of withdrawal of the security cover which indicates that they are least worried about this Government step.
Even after the Hurriyat leaders had claimed that they had never asked for it. In fact, it was the government that insisted on keeping the personnel based on what they said was their assessment of threat perception,
The Mirwaiz said it was the government's decision at that time to keep it and today it was their decision to remove it. It's not an issue for the separatists. The government has said it was issuing orders withdrawing all security and any government facilities provided to the separatist leaders that include Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Abdul Ghani Bhat, Bilal Lone, Shabir Shah and Hashim Qureshi. All security and any vehicles provided to them will stand withdrawn .. No security forces or cover should be provided, under any pretext, to them or any other separatists. If they have any other facilities provided by the government, they are to be withdrawn forthwith. The move comes two days after Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the government would review the security of the people working at the behest of "Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI". Singh was referring to the separatist leaders in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 44 CRPF men along the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lethpora area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday. This is a step for isolating the separatists and with no security cover and other facilities they could pose a problem for the voters during the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. Senior Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Bhat termed the government's move a "good decision"."It is a good decision. Political office and Police can't go together," Bhat said. "It was their decision to provide me the security and it is their decision to withdraw it."Bilal Gani Lone, who heads the Jammu and Kashmir People's Independent Movement, said it was a non-issue for him.
"I had never asked the government for any security at the first place. They had voluntarily provided it to me after my father was assassinated in 2002. Today they have withdrawn it," Lone said. "So there is nothing exciting about it. Life moves on." |
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