The incidents of cease fire violations started increasing gradually after the Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited India during the oath taking ceremony of the Modi’s government. It is something similar to the Pakistan’s Kargil misadventure soon after the historical goodwill visit by the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to Lahore in Feb 1999.
Many voices echoed from the Kashmir Valley against the suspension of Foreign Secretary level talks. So much so the J and K State Assembly in a small five day session stepped out of the State Government’s mandated limits by over stepping into foreign affairs of the country and passed a resolution to urge the Union Government to resume talks with Pakistan; that has always played deceit and manages to bring in the fear psychosis of terror and threats to cast shadow on talks.
In a short and crypt reply Prime Minister Narendra Modi rubbished the blame of India’s unwillingness to talk but emphasised that the talks could not be held amidst booming guns. Frustrated with no world support and not even an affirmative semblance from the US, Pakistan has increased the ceasefire violations, targeting the civilian areas and pushing in indoctrinated traitors, lured, trained and armed by her in the ISI run camps in PoJK.
There are vociferous demands to give befitting reply to Pakistan from most of the J and K state leaders barring few sub regional parties of Kashmir and the agents on the payrolls of the Pakistan’s ISI. Even the Congress Party leaders are voicing for a stern military response overlooking their own party’s meek responses over the last decade.
Pakistan, in external desperation at UNGA and internal political instability within, wants an alibi to engage its restless masses. Her army wants disturbed conditions to proclaim national emergency to pack off civilian dispensation and take over. Awed by Indian recent global strides towards trade and economy, they want to pull India back. All this explains Pakistan’s violent posturing.
India needs to tread carefully, not to fall in the Pakistani trap and salvage them, at the same time ensure safety of our border population and give the mis-adventuring Pakistani troops a mouthful. A stable democratic neighbour suites us, although more escalated skirmishes are on the cards.