The “basic reason” behind the flare up in the Kashmir Valley is the failure to build on the gains that had been made by the security forces in the troubled state, Indian Army Chief General V.K. Singh said Sunday.
“The Kashmir situation has been tense for quite some time and the reasons are many. The basic reason being that we have not been able to build on the gains that have been made,” the Army Chief told a news channel. Gen. Singh said the Army had brought the situation under control to a certain level from where other steps should have been taken to carry forward the process and bring peace in the Valley.
“So far as the Army is concerned, I think as security forces, a lot of work has been done. The situation has been brought to a particular level when other initiatives should have started to make way for betterment,” he said. Elaborating on the steps required to contain the volatile situation, he said: “First of all, there has to be concerted efforts to identify the miscreants behind the violent protests.”