Fear is not the key: Kashmir militancy could spill over to rest of India

There is little prospect of progress on Kashmir issue without a dialogue with Pak. Modi govt will have to make its own tortuous journey to the realisation that Pak is a stakeholder in this tangle

Proposing the extension of President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament, “Those (in Kashmir) who have anti-India thoughts in their minds should fear us … They should be scared and this fear is only going to increase.”

Clearly, nothing has changed in Delhi. Nothing has changed in the Valley either.

The people may have been more subdued and dejected about their future, but militancy is not any weaker. Although over 100 militants have reportedly been killed in Kashmir in the first five months of 2019, the overall number of youngsters joining militancy has gone