Inviting the enemy home

In any given situation, the demilitarisation of the Line of Control that runs through Jammu & Kashmir is a dangerous idea, given Pakistan’s implacable hostility towards India. This is all the more so now with the Indian Army reporting that at least 1,000 terrorists, trained and armed by Pakistan, are waiting to cross the LoC to create mayhem in Jammu & Kashmir and other States of India. Any thought of even partial demilitarisation, therefore, should be promptly abandoned. This insidious suggestion has been doing the rounds in South Block and is being promoted by those who are persuaded by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s policy of mollycoddling Pakistan at the expense of India’s national interest. 

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