Assembly elections are being held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. Terrorism is a big issue in this election too. BJP is constantly saying that terrorism has decreased after the BJP government came to power at the center and then Article 370 was repealed, while Congress is cornering BJP over terrorist incidents in Jammu region. Stone pelting incidents in Kashmir are now negligible, while terrorism and infiltration from Pakistan have decreased. But in the Jammu region, which remained peaceful for about 20 years, terrorists have carried out many incidents in the last four years. Terrorists have ambushed the security forces here and 10 soldiers have been martyred in June and July alone this year.
33 soldiers were martyred in 2023
If we look at the data from 2010 till now, terrorists were less successful in their plans in 2011 and 2012. Whereas in 2016, 2017, 2018, the country lost a large number of its soldiers. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, 69 security personnel were martyred in Jammu and Kashmir in 2010, 31 in 2011, 18 in 2012, 53 in 2013. This figure was 47 in 2014 and 41 in 2015. In 2016, 88 security personnel were martyred in terrorist incidents and operations to deal with terrorists, 83 in 2017, 95 in 2018, 78 soldiers were martyred in 2019. 56 in 2020, 45 in 2021, 30 in 2022 So far this year, 20 soldiers have been martyred in various operations to deal with terrorists and in ambushes by terrorists. So far this year, 39 terrorists have been killed, including those killed while trying to infiltrate the LoC.
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What do the experts say
Experts believe that there are many reasons for the increase in terrorist incidents in Jammu. Four years ago, when tensions with China started on the LAC, many soldiers were removed from here and sent there, due to which the number of soldiers here decreased and the terrorists took advantage of this. Due to the control of terrorists in Kashmir, terrorists were trying to establish their foothold in Jammu again for many years. Due to the reduction in the number of soldiers, human intelligence also decreased. The terrorists took advantage of this. However, now the Indian Army has increased the number of soldiers there. Along with this, the security forces are constantly conducting joint operations against the terrorists in the dense forests of Jammu.
How much impact will this have on the elections?
In the assembly elections, BJP is counting the benefits of removing Article 370 and is also promising to completely end terrorism. BJP is also accusing the opposition parties that they want the return of terrorism and separatism and hence are talking about bringing back Article 370. BJP has become strong in Jammu. But everyone's eyes are on what will be the effect of terrorist incidents in Jammu region. However, BJP leaders are constantly trying to tell that the kind of development that has taken place in Jammu and Kashmir in the last ten years has never happened before.
