HYDERABAD: A top Indian Army official today said the “discourse” in Jammu and Kashmir is shifting to “primacy of Islam over Azadi” adding to complexities in dealing with sectarian faultlines in the border state.
“…Jammu and Kashmir indeed continues to be a challenge and it’s being dealt with; it’s getting a little more complex as slowly the discourse, as indeed the entire thrust, is taking a shift towards a primacy of Islam over Azadi. So, that clearly adds a fairly complex dynamic to stabilising the nation as it were,” Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Planning & Systems), Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, said.
He has also served as General Officer Commanding 15 Corps, Srinagar.
He was speaking at a seminar on “leveraging defence expenditure as a tool for nation building”, organised by the College of Defence Management here. (AGENCIES)
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