Zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism paying dividends, J&K gears up to host G-20 meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led regime’s policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism has allowed the people of Jammu and Kashmir to breathe freely. They are eagerly waiting to host the G-20 summit in Srinagar and send a message to the world that Pakistan-sponsored terrorism is on its last leg in the Himalayan region.
India announced Srinagar as the venue for the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting scheduled to take place from 22 May to 24 May. As of date, the number of active terrorists in J&K has declined to an all-time low with just around 50 terrorists being active in the Himalayan region. It’s for the first time since 1990 when Pakistan-sponsored insurgency broke out in J&K, the number of terrorists has fallen below the 70-mark.
After the abrogation of Article 370–a temporary provision in the Constitution, on 5 August, 2019–the security forces have cast a web around the terror ecosystem from all sides. The crackdown on stone-pelters, separatists and terror financers has broken the back of terrorists. Nefarious designs of terrorist handlers sitting across the Line of Control to airdrop weapons and cash through drones have also been thwarted as the security forces are maintaining a tight vigil.
In 2017 there were about 350 terrorists active in the region. In 2023, the number has fallen below 50, top police officials said.
During the past three years, the J&K Police and the central armed forces have managed to control terrorism to a large extent by dismantling the system that sustained Pakistan-sponsored insurgency for nearly three decades.
When Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India in 2014, he promised the nation that the regime led by him won’t tolerate terrorism. PM Modi has kept his word about zero tolerance to terrorism and has pulled Jammu and Kashmir out of a quagmire of uncertainty and chaos fueled by Pakistan and its stooges in the Himalayan region.
After J&K’s transition into a Union Territory and scrapping of Article 370, PM Modi-led dispensation launched a decisive battle against terrorism in the region. Security forces were given clear-cut instructions to act tough against terrorists and their supporters but with a word of caution that innocents shouldn’t be touched. During the past three years, terrorists and their supporters have been nailed and no innocent has been harassed. Collateral damage during encounters with the terrorists has been brought down providing much-needed relief to the common people. On the other hand properties of the separatists and a few elements who willfully allowed their houses to be used as terror hideouts have been seized.