Srinagar | The coalition government between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Mehbooba Mufti’s People Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir saw a 64 percent rise in the terror activities in the state.
According to IndiaSpend analysis of government data, the terror incidents have raised from 208 in 2015 to 342 in 2017 in over 800 incidents reported in the last 3 years. The data further states that around 744 people have died in the three years which include 471 terrorists, 201 security forces, and 72 civilians.
Since the formation of the BJP-PDP coalition government in 2015, the armed encounters between militants and security forces have increased by 53 percent over the preceding three years. The IndiaSpend report further states that in 247 encounters recorded from 2015 to 2017, 439 militants (including 156 Kashmiris) and 200 government forces (including 109 army personnel) were killed.
In its report from the data collected from the last 28 years ending 2017, more than 70,000 terror incidents have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir in which 22,143 terrorists were killed and 13,976 civilians and 5,123 soldiers lost their lives. Also over 4,000 first information reports against 14,315 stone pelters have been registered during the last three years in the state.
Analyzing the data from last 28 years, the IndiaSpend report claims that the state saw the most terror incidents (5,938) in 1995 in which 1,332 terrorists were killed and 1,031 civilians and 237 security forces lost their lives while 2001, the state saw most (2,020) terrorist deaths and maximum security forces (536) lost their lives.
The BJP on Tuesday withdrew its support from the Mehbooba Mufti government in the state, leading to the resignation by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav in the Press conference said that “We have taken a decision, it is untenable for BJP to continue in alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, hence we are withdrawing.”
CM Mehbooba Mufti after her resignation said “I am not shocked,” “We didn’t do this alliance for power. This alliance had a bigger motive – unilateral ceasefire, PM’s visit to Pakistan, withdrawal of cases against 11,000 youth.” “she added.
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