Jammu, May 23, (Scoop News)_ Lashing out at the Union Defence Minister (DM), Manohar Parrikar over his observations on the eve of his two day visit of the north Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir, former senior minister and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Rigzin Jora, Saturday posed a series of questions and asked him (DM), what did he mean , when he revealed, “you have to neutralize terrorist by terrorist ” .
“Why should my soldiers do it all the time?”, he asked and said “does he (DM) mean the state government should revive the notorious counter – terrorist outfit, what does he mean when he says : why should my soldiers do it all the time?”.
Jora said he wanted to know from him, “what are the soldiers there for, are they there on holiday, if the soldiers and the security forces along s.n with the police don’t do it , who will do it, and where does my soldiers come in, aren’t they our soldiers and the soldiers of this country?”.
CLP leader said, it is unfortunate that one of the senior most ministers of the Modi government who on his visit to the state chose to use language that was unbecoming of the high office of the Defense Minister of the country.
“Whether it is the soldiers of the defense forces or paramilitary forces or the police force of the state ,they are all our soldiers , our personnel our policemen. All of them s.n have sacrificed thousand of lives for the unity and integrity of this country. More so in Kashmir than anywhere else”, Jora maintained.
“We are proud that they continue to battle militancy day in day out”, he said adding “it is the collective responsibility of the state and the Centre to ensure that militancy is completely wiped out , so that people can partake of development and progress in an atmosphere free from militancy and fear”.
“Therefore, for the Defense Minister to distinguish my soldier form the rest of the security forces and to say : why should my soldiers do it all the time ? is not just uncalled for but also an attempt to create a wedge between the foot soldiers of different wings of the government “,former senior minister chided .
Jora asked what if tomorrow the Federal Interior Minister ends up saying why should “my” paramilitary CRPF or BSF jawans do it all the time.
“The fact that state police alone cannot handle militancy and insurgency of the kind that has been prevalent in the valley is not lost on anyone , least of s.n all on the the DM of the country “, CLP leader said adding “also the fact that it is simply not a law and order problem in Jammu and Kashmir is also not lost on the DM ” .
“If it is so, he Is too naive and cannot be entrusted with the huge responsibility of securing and protecting the borders of the country”, Jora asked and said “if it is not , he must be careful with his words and intent. He cannot be responsible s.n to his soldiers alone to the detriment of other security forces and the larger objective of eradicating and stamping out militancy from the state of Jammu and Kashmir “.
The other reason for the DM to say what he did, could be that there is a clandestine yet well-thought out plan to revive the counter insurgent out fit , and the DM , given his lack of experience s.n in handling such clandestine mission leaked out the information inadvertently, CLP leader asked and said “if this is the case, it would be very unfortunate”.
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