Only Modi Can Take ‘Bold Decision’ On Jammu And Kashmir

With his party’s majority in the Lok Sabha, popularity and backing of the RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only one capable of a “bold decision” on Jammu and Kashmir, separatist leader Shabbir Shah had told the state’s former chief secretary in 2016.

Moosa Raza, who was Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary from 1988-90, recalls the conversation with Shah in his new book “Kashmir: Land of Regrets” (File)
With his party’s majority in the Lok Sabha, popularity and backing of the RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only one capable of a “bold decision” on Jammu and Kashmir, separatist leader Shabbir Shah had told the state’s former chief secretary in 2016. Moosa Raza, who was Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary from 1988-90, recalls the conversation with Shah in his new book “Kashmir: Land of Regrets”.

It was November 9, 2016, a day after Modi announced the demonetization of high-value currency notes, Raza says in the book, reproducing a snippet from a report he prepared following his six-day visit to Srinagar in November 2016 to assess the ground level situation in the Valley. “He enjoys a majority in the Lok Sabha, is highly popular in India and has the full backing of the RSS. If anyone is capable of taking a bold decision to resolve J&K, it is Modi.