Centre's 4-Point Blueprint For Long-Term Calm In Jammu And Kashmir

As the unprecedented security lockdown and communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir is pared down, the government is zeroing-in on its long-term strategy to prevent any fallout from the massive changes made to the state earlier this month. Key political leaders from the state were taken into detention, phone and internet lines snapped and curfew-like restrictions were imposed as the central government on August 5 removed Jammu and Kashmir’s decades-old autonomy and decided to split the state into two union territories.
According to sources in the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the plan to prevent a breakout of violent protest involves tactics to handle four specific groups in the state.

The first cluster of people, dubbed “movers and shakers” by government functionaries, “appear harmless, move among the intelligentsia, gather intelligence but are seen inciting violence”. This could be a reference to the Hurriyat or mainstream politicians of Jammu and Kashmir. They will be detained and released as the government sees fit and the policy of house arrests will continue, sources said.

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