A day after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging J&K government’s order restricting civilian traffic on the national highway, the state government relaxed the restrictions it had imposed giving primacy to the movement of security forces. Strange.
The movement of security forces had been necessitated neither by external aggression nor internal rebellion but to democratically elect representatives of people. Almost 80 per cent of the eligible voters boycotted the exercise. Ironic!
Two days after the Banihal highway was closed for civilian traffic, the Uri route for cross-LoC trade was stopped, ostensibly for maintenance and repair of “Aman setu” (“peace bridge”, how symbolic!). Barely a week later, the cross LoC trade itself was suspended. Coincidence?
