Governor Malik has commenced implementing measures long overdue and advocated by the Army since beginning, for the resolution of Kashmir dispute and has taken practical steps to make New Delhi visible in Kashmir in a positive light especially among the youth.
At the same time, various actions are being taken to marginalize and reduce the support base of Hurriyat Conference and other separatist organisations in Kashmir so that they are totally isolated. All these are being done in line with National Security Advisory Board’s new policy on dealing with the Kashmir issue in the present circumstances.
Governor Satya Pal Malik has launched a number of schemes to enhance the possibility of normalcy and peace in J&K by providing ample opportunities and justice to the youth of Kashmir valley. The Central government is also trying to reduce the gap between the youth and their aspirations and taking a number of steps, especially in the field of sports, so as to bring them out of their present mess.
The Centre has been trying to wean away support from separatists in Kashmir especially among the youth and they have sent fresh Central funds under Khelo India scheme to provide better environment for Kashmir youth to come out from the cycle of violence. Though there will be no appeasement of any kind. The Centre is trying to concentrate on visible development in the Valley rather than just responding to terrorist actions.
In the past four years, leaders of various Hurriyat factions and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yaseen Malik have been kept under house arrest for most of the time and not allowed to have any contact with public. The GOI has also closed all the Hawala channels to these separatist leaders and their organisations.
Many Hurriyat leaders and their relatives are now under detention after being arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in this connection. Besides, the conduits of these leaders too are feeling the NIA heat.
A few days ago, NIA raided the house of Muhammad Shafi Mir at Lal Bazar on the outskirts of Srinagar. Mir was the main hawala channel of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. Similarly, NIA raided the house of prominent Hurriyat Shia face of Geelani faction, Agha Syed Hassan of Budgam.
