STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Saturday asserted that government is firm on restoring normalcy soon in Kashmir as already steps in this direction have been taken. In a statement issued to media persons, Kavinder said that Home Minister Amit Shah has issued directions to fortify the security edifice in a more effective manner in the Valley to ensure that elements inimical to peace fail to carry out any more acts of violence. He however asked the Kashmiri Pandit employees to keep faith in the Centre and follow the directions by remaining confined to the places meant for their dwelling as government has made elaborate arrangements for their security and safety.
Kavinder said that the KP employees should drop the idea of leaving the Valley at the moment because the same will create more problems for the government to provide security and this could lead to some untoward incidents as well.
The senior BJP leader said that Union Government is taking out of the box steps to counter the targeted killings as the Home Minister has reviewed the security scenario during the meeting with top security brass of the country and LG Manoj Sinha. He said that already 350 companies have been deputed to further augment security in the Valley and the Home Ministry has even advanced the deployment schedule looking into the exigency. The former Deputy Chief Minister said that people should cooperate with the government as HM Shah has envisaged a plan to defeat the entities inimical to peace in the region and it is the matter of few days when there will be complete peace and normalcy in Valley and elsewhere in the Union Territory.
