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| Serpents in the grass | | EDITORIAL... | |
As the beans are being spilled more and more moles in every field of
country's administration and security apparatus are coming to light,
presenting a very alarming scenario about the country's security.
While in the case of Jammu and Kashmir the situation appears to be
back to square as it existed over a decade and half ago, as described
by Jagmohan, the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, in his book 'My
freezing turbulence'. He graphically mentioned in minute detail the
existence of serpents in the grass at every level in the police force
as well as in other wings of the administration. The presence of these
agents of secessionist terrorists at places where they could acquire
information of counter operations to be launched by the security
forces, leaked these to the perpetrators of terrorism and thus
preempted every action of the agencies operating to curb the militancy
and control the highly precarious conditions prevailing at that time.
After coming to light of agents of enemy having infiltrated every
field of administration and security apparatus, a thorough screening
was undergone then and it was believed that all the undesirable
elements have been weeded out from the vital places and their capacity
to harm the interest of the country and return of peace in the state
has been highly blunted. It is either that we became complacent after
that or that the task was left half done and many spies of the enemy
continue to remain posted at vital places, lying low for the time
being, to become active when the need arises. The arrest of three
junior level officials in the IRP in Jammu and Kashmir who leaked some
information to the master minds in the Lashker-e-Toiba terrorist
outfit and of similar moles in the defence forces or para military
forces is a matter of serious concern. The same cannot be brushed
aside and taken leniently, pleading that the places and the level at
which these officials were incumbent, they could not get any important
information to the enemies, to be much benefited and much harming the
country is a highly dangerous attitude. The presence of the mole in
the PMO, as disclosed by former External Affair Minister Jaswant Singh
in his book, has been confirmed by various hands, with circumstantial
evidence. Thus it is now more than an established fact that there has
been infiltration of the agents of foreign powers, at various levels
in country's administration and the security apparatus. While this can
be no sane person's case that recruitment in army and police forces
should be denied to the members of any particular community, since any
such action will lead to further alienation in the members of that
community, whose isolation will prove a time bomb for the nation,
there is dire need for thorough screening and eternal vigilance about
the links of personnel in our forces, if any, developed at any stage
with the trouble makers. Our defence forces, para-military forces and
police forces of all the states should be insolated from political
influence and it should be ensured that all the personnel in these
forces are loyal to the country, more than to their respective faiths
and communities. Further a strict vigil should be kept over all the
institutions which indoctrinate and brain wash the youth, inculcating
in them the spirit of serving their creed over and above the discharge
of their duty towards their country and the nation. There should be a
strict law against preaching of sedation, directly or indirectly in
the guise of serving the interests of one's faith. Further any
exercise, as the one sought to be done by Sachar Commission of head
counting in the security forces on communal lines, must be abandoned
forthright.
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