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Violence mars Kashmir valley again

In the Kashmir valley, especially Srinagar along with other major towns, violence has again erupted again due to the transfer of forestland to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. In the wake of this the police had to exert force and against this the spontaneous strike paralyzed the entire state on Wednesday.

The police firing claimed on life and about 100 others, including 22 policemen, were injured from both of firing and the subsequent clashes that took place between the administrative force and stone pelting demonstrators. Well, this is not a new thing in the valley but indeed, after a hiatus of several months, there is a communal flavor behind the violent demonstrations.

It should also be accepted that no organization, either well-known or even obscure, has till now claimed to give the call for bandh but the strike was certainly spontaneous and the worst affected ones were the shops, business establishments, educational institutions and public transport. The public transport in the streets, in no way, was visible and that led to the trifling presence of employees in the government offices and semi-government institutions.

But the violent repercussions seem to be unending since even in the morning incidents of street fightings were reported. Groups of youth mainly in the regions of Nowhatta, Khanyar and Bemina were witnessed to pelt stones and molotov cocktails at stationed police and paramilitary forces. Although till now there has been no report of fresh injuries but the situation is undoubtedly tensed.

To the governmental reports the strike had fractional to full response in both of South and North Kashmir and the shops and business establishments were completely shut down.

It is to be noted that this is the result of a dustup between coalition partners Congress and Peoples Democratic Party over forest land transfer to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. The PDP is protesting at the top of its voice against the alleged ‘present’ of 39.88 hectares of forestland to SASB.

But one thing is certain that this will not end here by any means and will continue to pollute the state’s political atmosphere in the days to come. There will be another effect. The potential return of the expelled Hindu Kashmiri Pandit community will certainly be derailed and no another fixed date is visible in the horizon.

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