There are several connotations to inducting troops from outside the region, but the message is clear — there is a seriousness to handling the security scenario.
Authors
Shashank Ranjan, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
Summary
For the last couple of years, the Jammu region has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, and more so over the last few months. Security forces have suffered irreparable losses in their pursuit of terrorists who are active — this includes freshly infiltrated cadres — and, as usual, backed by Pakistan.
One of the major factors that emerged as the attribute was the weakened counter-terrorism grid resulting from troops from the Jammu region being re-deployed on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), following the Galwan incident of June 2020. In order to tide over this particular challenge, additional troops, to include Special Forces teams, have been inducted in the region to fill the void.
Published in: The Hindu
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