The writer, a former corps commander of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, is currently associated with the Delhi Policy Group and the Vivekananda International Foundation.
Modi’s speech handled political differences with finesse, showed sensitivity towards Kashmiris
The address was perfectly timed because the question that was arising was whether India would squander the difficult decision at the altar of unnecessary triumphalism without looking at the sensitivities of its implications.
What Prime Minister Narendra Modi did with his address to the nation was to return the focus of his government’s decision squarely to the internal domain. After Pakistan’s extremely negative response, the focus was in danger of getting hijacked to the international domain, which would have sent a negative message to the local Kashmiri population. The address was perfectly timed because the question that was arising was whether India would squander the difficult decision at the altar of unnecessary triumphalism without looking at the sensitivities of its implications.
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