February 22
Militant attacks and deaths of Government Force personnel in Jammu Kashmir have increased in the tenure of BJP Led Government in New Delhi.
Stats available to The Kashmiriyat reveal that Militant attacks have increased from 170 in 2013 to 614 in 2018. 222 Militant attacks happened in 2014, 208 in 2015, 322 in 2016, 342 in 2017 and in 2018, the number rose to 614.
On the Killing of Government Force personnel too, stats reveal that the central Government has failed to tackle the rising deaths of Government Force personnel, in 2013, 53 Government Force personnel were killed while in 2018 the number was 91.The number was 47 in 2014, 39 in 2015, 82 in 2016, 80 in 2017, 91 in 2018.
Stone throwing at Encounter sites also started in the tenure of BJP in 2015, June 23, when Civilians in large numbers rushed to an encounter site in South Kashmir’s Kulgam. Asif Ahmed Tantray was killed when Forces opened fire upon protesters.
Since then, civilians rushing to encounter sites has been a norm, there hardly has been any encounter in the past four years, when civilians have not reached the encounter sites, Despite being shot and being warned of dire consequences.
Similarly, Data reveals that the Congress led UPA Government saw as many as 154 local youth taking up arms to join Militant groups during their tenure, however the number has drastically rose to 524 during the Modi Led NDA Government.
In 2014, the number of Locals joining Militancy was 53, in 2015, it reached 66 before touching the highest mark of 88 in 2016, in 2017, the number rose further to 126 and in 2018, 191 Local youth joined Militancy.
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Following the killing of popular commander, Burhan Wani, Militancy rose heights, however stats reveal that since the rise of BJP into power, Locals have been joining Militancy at a fast pace.
Following Burhan Wani’s killing in July 2016, several top commanders of Militant outsifts Hizb, Lashkar and Jaish were killed as part of the much publicised ‘Operation All-Out’, an anti-militancy operation that was launched in mid- 2017.
Many engineering students, Security men have picked up arms since BJP came into power, which include prominent names as Eisa Fazili, Zahoor Thokar, Idrees Mir and others. Also, post the rise of BJP into power, local support has grown for militancy, in 2015, for the first time, Locals rushed to an encounter site in form of a procession to help Militants trapped in an encounter escape, one protester was shot dead in Khudwani area of Kulgam.
The Dangerous trends have started surfacing on the militancy front in Jammu Kashmir with a youth ramming a vehicle into a CRPF convoy killing more than 45 CRPF troopers.