Need to introspect reasons behind youths joining militancy:CPM

Jammu and Kashmir unit of CPI(M) today said there is a need for introspection to find the reasons behind "the emerging tendency" of educated youth joining militancy in the Valley.
"Denial to a free political space, failure to administer justice to the families of victims of violence are a few important aspects which seriously demand an introspection at all levels before finding out reasons behind the emerging tendency of educated youth joining militant ranks in Jammu and Kashmir," state secretary of CPI(M) M Y Tarigami said here.
Tarigami said the people in Kashmir are living in a "suffocating atmosphere" where even "peaceful dissent is not tolerated."

Almost all channels of communication have been blocked and means of protest is being suppressed ruthlessly. What is more worrying is that the youth is being targeted mercilessly," he said.
"And yet if someone, does not understand or wilfully chooses to ignore the real cause and shuts one's eyes to its inevitable consequences, the overall situation is bound to deteriorate rather than coming to normal," he said while addressing a Round Table meeting organised by the Delhi-based Centre for Policy Analysis here.
People of Kashmir hope that the political and democratic opinion across the country is mobilised for providing justice to the people, he said.

"Whichever, political party comes in power in Delhi hardly matters for the people of Kashmir. What the people of Kashmir hope is that the political and democratic opinion across the country is mobilised for providing justice to the people.

The democratic forces of the country need to come out of slumber before it is too late," he said.
Tarigami asked why the criminal investigations in "mostly unprovoked incidents of violence in 2010 in which over 110 youth were killed" have not been concluded.
"Three years have passed and justice still eludes the families who have lost their near and dear ones during 2010," he questioned.

He said the initiatives taken after 2010 unrest which, included eight-point recommendations, announced by the Central government also proved to be a half-hearted exercise.
"Law and order being the state subject, the state cabinet can meet and assess the situation.
"Also if there is a political will, the state government could de-notify areas as 'not disturbed' and thereby making application of AFSPA redundant," he added.