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New Delhi: The Chief General of Indian Army Upender Daivedi on Wednesday reacted to the recent incidents on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir said that India has been “assertive” in its communication with Pakistan on the Line of Control (LOC), and they have understood that “we mean business.”
Upender Daivedi suggested that India is now aggressive enough to respond if Pakistan provokes us.
He also said, “Now what has happened from 2014, if you see, both sides have generally understood that we mean business. And India has said very clearly that we will be assertive in our communication. And if required, we can be aggressive also. So, what you have just spoken about, it was a kind of an indication that look, if you force us, then we will be aggressive enough to communicate our intent.”
General Dwivedi also stressed the impact of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir, noting that the number of terrorists and the recruitment of locals have significantly gone down, and people no longer have “confusion” over identity.
The Army Chief emphasized that the decision to revoke the special status reflected India’s intent to take a “no compromise” approach.
“The local terrorist number has reduced. The number of recruitment has also reduced a lot. Why? Because from August 2019, India has very clearly conveyed its intent for complete J-K. And Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. And there is no compromise on that,” General Dwivedi said.
He mentioned that security forces’ collaborative efforts to help the people of Kashmir and the theme of “terrorism to tourism” have resulted in success.
“…And the best part is you will find that the inter agencies, the security forces and law enforcement agencies…three have joined hands together to help Awam. And now you have injected the development. Once you’ve done all these things, definitely there’ll be a sea change. And that’s why we are saying that our theme of terrorism to tourism is actually seeing signs of success today. More than five lakh pilgrims in Amarnath Yatra. It was never heard of earlier.” the COAS said.
Speaking about the three attacks that happened within a week last year, the Army Chief said, “Such kind of events keep taking place. It happens. And that’s why you have the flag meeting system. When you go for the flag meeting, you discuss frankly what is there, what not. If it’s not getting resolved there, then it is there to the DGMO (Director General of Military Operations) level.”
Speaking about Pakistan’s mentality about Kashmir, the Army Chief said that they are stuck in their own world. General Dwivedi took a jibe at Pakistan saying that the Pakistan army has said something and now they don’t have a way out, so they keep ‘lingering’ on the topic.
“See, they are stuck in their own words. There is a movie by Devanand Ji; I think Narayan Ji has written this book. RK Narayan. Do you remember when Devanandji became a sadhu in the last? And he was a madman, so he went and announced that Swamiji had said, I will fast until it rains. Now Pakistan Army has once said that we have to do this. Now they don’t have a way out of it. So they will continue to look for Kashmir,” General Dwivedi said.
