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The Story of two ceasefires
Article:
- Happymon Jacob, Associate professor , Jawaharlal Nehru University, analyse the need for negotiations, political concessions and soft power vis-a vis J&K and Pakistan.
Important Analysis:
- India and Pakistan witnessing ceasefire violence on the border.
- Impacts of ceasefire violation:
- Damage to civilians habitats
- Military casualty rates going up.
- Increasing number if Kashmiri youngsters’ joining the rank of military and terror attacks.
- Reasons for violation
- Lack of political dialogue between India and Pakistan especially on Kashmir.
- Fundamental structural flaws in the India-Pakistan ceasefire agreements.
- Recently, India has decided to make political consensus in the form of conciliatory moves with Pakistan because:
- It would be risky to have violent border and troubled Kashmir
- Displacement of large civilians from the border villages
- India’s policy of disproportionate bombardment against Pakistani forces became problematic for the locals.
- Infiltration into J&K
- Rising militant attacks in the State.
- Desire for rapprochement between India and Pakistan.
- Measures needed to sustain the ceasefire:
- Formalising the ceasefire agreement between two nations.
- India-Pakistan dialogue is needed.
- Need to have negotiations, political concessions and soft power within J&K and Pakistan.
