Not a single death in the present crisis has resulted from an Army bullet.
The Army has not been deployed in the demonstrations, and is concentrating only on its counter-insurgency role.
The police, whether state or central, cannot defend the territorial integrity of India. The Indian Army can. It is therefore in the interest of secessionists and their mentors in Islamabad to create discord between the Indian Army and the Indian state.
The Prime Minister knows what it means: to weaken the Indian Army in Kashmir is to weaken India.
