Opinion | No, Jammu & Kashmir Is Not ‘Normal’. NDA’s Topmost Priority Should Be To Hold Elections There

Security personnel conduct a cordon-and-search operation after an encounter with terrorists at Saida Sukhal village, in Kathua district, on Wednesday. Three terror attacks since Sunday, including one on a bus full of pilgrims, have shaken J&K. ( Image Source :PTI )

The cries and pain of the family members of the nine pilgrims who lost their lives in the June 9 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district may soon fade. But with this attack, and the two others that have taken place in Jammu in the days since, the writing on the wall is clear for Modi 3.0. Jammu and Kashmir is not “normal” – despite the Modi government’s constant claims since the abrogation of Article 370 and J&K’s recategorisation as a Union