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Jaish-e-Muhammed

The Pulwama Syndrome

The existing political parties in the State are not able to work amongst the grassroots communities which become easily susceptible to the toxic propaganda of radical elements. The task of restoring the 'political' order is left to the coercive power of the state while the political parties wait on the sidelines; in the process, it assumes the optics of a confrontation between the central government — or, 'India' — and the local communities or the 'Kashmiris'.