Dying Terrorism English 2003

By the beginning of 1996, the years old Pakistan sponsored militancy had been brought under great control, a turn around achieved in the mood and response of the people. The Central and the State Governments embarked upon an ambitious, almost audacious, endeavour of conducting elections in Jammu and Kashmir. It was a mammoth task to organise the movement, transport, accommodation and connected logistic support for the large number of additional security force units being inducted into the State for ensuring peaceful polling, a task made more difficult by the limited availability of time and resource and increased efforts by the ISI of Pakistan and the militant organizations to disrupt the process. The Dying Terrorism gives a vivid and exhaustive account of how the herculean task to ensure credible and peaceful Parliamentary elections followed by the Assembly elections was achieved in the State. The biggest gain of this exercise was holding of yet another credible elections for the State Assembly in September2002 when the people wielded the power of ballot with confidence to bring in a mighty political revolution.