Army chief General Bipin Rawat has raised his concern over Kashmiri youth picking up guns against the army. Rawat said that ‘azaadi will never happen’ as one cannot ‘fight the Army’.
“I want to tell the Kashmiri youth that Azaadi isn’t possible. It won’t happen. Don’t get carried away unnecessarily. Why are you picking up weapons? We will always fight those who seek Azadi, those who want to secede. (Azadi) is not going to happen, never,” Rawat told a daily.
The army chief is worried that the innocent Kashmiri youth are misled and told that picking up guns is the “path to bring azaadi”.
When asked about the increasing numbers of militants encountered, Rawat said he doesn’t attach much importance to the number of militants who are killed in encounters with the Army. “These numbers don’t matter to me because I know this cycle will continue. There are fresh recruitments happening. I only want to stress that all this is futile, nothing is going to be achieved by them. You can’t fight the Army”.
Rawat further added “We don’t enjoy it. But if you want to fight us, then we will fight you with all our force. Kashmiris have to understand that the SFs (security forces) haven’t been so brutal — look at Syria and Pakistan. They use tanks and air power in similar situations. Our troops have been trying their level best to avoid any civilian casualty despite huge provocation,’’
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