J&K – The ‘Secular’ Fault Lines
J&K - The ‘Secular’ Fault LinesBy Balbir Punj
Recently the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir figured prominently in national discourse. While defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared India’s intent to reclaim areas such as Gilgit and Baltistan in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) in accordance with the 1994 Parliament resolution, Law Minister Kiran Rijju sought to set the record straight on who was responsible for the delay in the accession of the princely state into the Indian Union.
October 27 last, marked the 75th anniversary of Shaurya Diwas which commemorates the landing of Indian troops (1 Sikh regiment) at Srinagar airport in 1947. The army was air-dashed post-haste to the beleaguered Valley to evict Pakistan – backed tribesmen, a day after Maharaja Hari Singh signed the ...








