Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: In the wake of persistent terrorist attacks in Valley and intelligence inputs about infiltration attempts by the militants, former Minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla reacting over spurt in terrorist violence in the Kashmir valley over the last few days has demanded high level review of security scenario in Jammu and called for strengthening security measures on the borders and hinterland to prevent any fresh strike by the terrorists.
“The recent attacks in the Valley send out a clear message of their intent and capacity to attack at will across the State. It is also quite evident that the terrorist cadre operating in the State has been specifically instructed to target the security forces, especially the Jammu and Kashmir Police,” Mr Bhalla said while addressing public meeting at Sanjay Nagar today.
He said the terrorist attack may affect flow of tourists to Jammu and Kashmir including pilgrim tourists to Mata Vaishno Devi and Shri Amarnath shrine. Accusing Government for its failure to provide basic amenities like electricity and supply of drinking water, the former Minister said it was unfortunate that people were being subjected to load shedding of electricity for long hours. He slammed Govt for snubbing people of Jammu with a proposed move to close completely the civil secretariat in Jammu for full six months.
Pointing towards power crises in Jammu region he said that when temperature is hovering over 43 to 45 degree Celsius, unscheduled power cuts have become a routine affair, adding miseries to the people. While expressing his grave concern over mounting problems of the common masses, he said that due to its mis-governance this regime has lost its credibility.
The Congress leader further said that security apparatus can not afford to slacken their vigil even in a period of relative peace. They have to remain alert so that the situation does not deteriorate. The selective attacks targeting the security forces are meant to provoke them to retaliate harshly which can create an environment of fear all over again. He said the rising trend of violence must therefore, be curtailed in a well coordinated and intelligence based operations to ensure that the ongoing efforts to bring peace to the people can successfully be achieved.
Kulbushan Sharma, Atter Singh, Dildar Singh, Tanvir Mohd, Darshan Singh, Shashi Khanna, Subash Choudhary and Mohinder Singh also spoke on the occasion.
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