Tarigami favours regional councils in J and K
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    • The CPI (M) leader and MLA from Kulgam M.Y. Tarigami stated that decentralisation was as a key to address divisive tendencies in Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Tarigami advocated the setting up of regional and sub-regional development councils to evolve a unique mode of federation in the state. Initiating a discussion in the state legislative assembly on August 27, Tarigami insisted that such development councils have become necessary in the wake of growing regional and sub-regional aspirations. He pointed out that the visionary concept of District Development Boards pioneered by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah played an important role in the decentralisation process and called for its further fine tuning and improvement to make it more relevant to present day needs1.

    The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command (GOC-in-C) Lt. Gen. P. C. Bhardwaj stated that infiltration attempts from Pakistan have increased considerably in last few months as compared to the previous year with nearly 600 to 800 terrorists operating in the state. Talking to reporters in Udhampur on August 26, he noted that during the last three to four months, an increase in the number of infiltration attempts had been observed from across the border. Gen. Bhardwaj also noted that the number of foreign terrorists had gone down due to the lack of local support to the mercenaries, the wiping out of their top leadership, and due to the fencing and strict vigil along the borders. He however stated that local recruitment was unabated and that various terrorist organisations were still engaged in militant activity2.

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