Former BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday slammed the UPA government for its policy on the Kashmir issue and said the present crisis in the Valley was alarming.
“Escalating violence in the Valley is threatening the political and social fabric of the state, but the Central government continues to pursue a tentative policy on Kashmir,” Mr. Singh told reporters here.
“The Centre also suffers from a myopic vision in its diplomatic and strategic relations with Pakistan,” he added.
The BJP leader criticised the Centre’s decision to “withdraw about 40,000 troops from the valley when anti-India forces were looking for an opportunity to push terrorists in the country“.
The ongoing crisis in Kashmir was an anti-India design of the Pakistan’s ISI which was trying to exploit the sentiments of local people and instigating them against the Indian establishment, Singh claimed.
Expressing his party’s solidarity with security forces, he said, “The UPA government should formulate a resolute policy for Pakistan which has been promoting terror and hatred in India.”
Mr. Singh demanded that those involved in violent activities in Kashmir should be identified and booked, and separatist leaders supporting it should immediately be arrested.
He suggested that the Central government adopt a two pronged strategy on Kashmir -- one is strengthening the internal security mechanism across the state and the other is making Pakistan accountable for the actions of anti-India groups operating from its soil.
The recent Wikileaks incident was an eye opener and the whole world has now come to know the role of ISI in promoting anti-India terrorist activities, he said.
