Ground Reality

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N.Vohra directive to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP to make their position clear for formation of the popular government in the state was  a timely action as the political situation in the sensitive border state can not be allowed to remain fluid for a long period But Mehbooba’s meeting with him in Jammu has not cleared the suspense over the government formation. The BJP has also sought ten days time to work out strategy for coalition’s survival. Both the partners will have to abridge the trust deficit and for that a slew of steps must be initiated from both the sides.Contentious issues like Release of Jailed separatist Masrat Alam and his rearrest,beef ban debates, renewed controversy over state’s flag, flood relief measures have already generated lot  of differences between the two sides. The situation in the Assembly was also not very conducive as it had witnessed fighting with a ruling party MLA .Now, both the allies have pla...

The Pathankot attack which claimed lives of  three security personnel and left four suspected Pakistani terrorists dead has yet again vindicated the fact that peace initiatives between the two countries, India and Pakistan, were not palatable to some strong groups there.   The attack was timed by terrorists outfits as it came barely a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprise visit to Raiwind in Lahore to greet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif on latter’s birthday day and his grand daughter’s marriage.   The attack came as a rude shock for the top diplomats who were bracing up for the foreign secretaries level talks in Islamabad in the current month.     The two sides peddling peace initiatives had met in Bangkok much to surprise of many as meeting of the two camps’ National security advisers met secretly . The Thailand talks were bereft of media glare and ground rules were articulated to cement surprise.    The goodwill generated af...