Thread by @ColSanjayPande

#KashmirCommonCitizen 1. From Quazigund to Sonamarg, Srinagar to Uri, Baramulla to Tangdhar & most frontier areas. I, during Army Service, have seen most intense Counter Insurgency period. My parents were there in 1957. Air Force. They stayed in rented house in LAL CHOWK.

#KashmirCommonCitizen 2. This ‘common citizen’ did not have religion. My parents fondly spoke of neighbours, their help, their efforts to settle my mom who was newly married. Agfa Click Iii was the camera. Our house was full of albums. Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Dal Lake and much more.

#KashmirCommonCitizen 3. There were plenty of Hindus, Pandits and they said it was difficult to differentiate. Kashmir was the fun living destination of the world. Muree in other side was similar. Fast forward 1996-39 years later I went to Kupwara. All Cantts sealed.....

#KashmirCommonCitizen 4. all police stations walled, barb wired, each and every corner had police, CAPFs everywhere. Anti Mine Vehicles, Armed Convoys, Road Opening Parties - The WHOLE Valley had been turned into a on job live training area for Counter Insurgency.

#KashmirCommonCitizen 5. The frontier districts were worse. It had Insurgency and it had Pakistan on LC. Active LC. It simply means no holds barred firing. The complete security machinery tapered upwards and finally ‘Joint Conferences’ became norm. These would be for different

#KashmirCommonCitizen 6. security organisations, or civil-military and many such organisations. Srinagar Corps Commander was the LAST WORD. Army Commander would but in often to remind that he existed. Any Central Govt Offrs or Central Ministers were direct with set up in Srinagar

#KashmirCommonCitizen 7. With such beautiful, efficient and 360 degree expertise available 24X7X365 for more than THIRTY YEARS-1990 to date, WHY did things go from good to bad and bad to worse? It took time, but THIS multifaceted set up saw along term perpetual gold mine. The ...

#KashmirCommonCitizen 8. the COUNTER INSURGENCY INDUSTRY seeds were sown in late 80’s. The common citizen had no clue that for next decade and another and another, it’s he who will be the leverage to CI Industry digging the gold. Track this thread. Most will not be able to answer

#KashmirCommonCitizen 9. Unlike Bollywood which had to be “declared” as an ‘industry’ enabling loans for funding, the COUNTER INSURGENCY INDUSTRY of J&K got created on its own with 100% stakeholders (read those ‘in control’) becoming ‘One Party’ collectively milking Delhi.

#KashmirCommonCitizen 10. I say it recurrently, @PMOIndia BROKE THE BACK OF #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir With one strike, the Mega Puppet Show was destroyed. Centre does not have to ‘place’ funds in the hands of ‘Industry’ any more. The story of SIXTEEN PAISE starts.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 11. Rs 1.14 LAC CRORE pumped by centre in 16 yrs. Let’s make it 2.5 LAC CRORE in 30 yrs (1989-2018). Average Rs One lac per person. ONLY 16 paise per rupee reached them. This is RS 16K. Where is balance? 2.22LAC CR?

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 12. The industry modelled itself to take care of this 2.22 lac cr. Read this article and many hundreds of articles. Central Govt pumped money on ‘recommendations’ of Industry Leaders. thehindu.com/news/national/…

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 13. THE FAMILY, started by writing Article 370 duly supported by Delhi. Next generation arrived. And the third generation enjoys the real estate called J&K. Own flag, own constitution, own penal code, own terrorists, ....

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 14. Own Lutyens Team, own jihadis, own separatists, own successionists, own treasury, own Govt in fact EVERYTHING belongs to family. They own PoK leaders, in touch with Pakistan, in touch with all terror groups...

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 15. in touch with UN, in touch with US, China. The orchestra is beautifully conducted with a role for each person. Now enters GOVT. The Central Govt. Governor, Army, Administration, Central Police and more. The family ....

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 16. It’s the biggest puppet show conducted live. Each Central Govt stakeholder feels he is driving Ferrari without realising that it’s put in a trailer and driven by family. The family even has ‘own opposition’.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 15. Seventy years of complete package of Real Estate+Human Resource+Freedom to do anything AND thousands of crores in free funds given by Delhi. The family planned meticulously and DELHI (read Congress) gave 100% support.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 16. In 1988-89 things started to go wrong. Pakistan took note due to Siachen insult few years back. Army started operations. Police entered. Politicians entered. Administrators entered. With them entered their AMBITIONS.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 17. Army was in complete control. By 1996, about 6-7 years into insurgency, Army started to understand the gains of insurgency. Annual Confidential Reports, Operational Reports, Awards, Postings, Nomination on Career.....

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 18. ...career making courses, United Nation Postings, Postings as staff officers to senior lot- EVERYTHING was ‘individualistic’. You did-get paid. The ‘parameters’ of performance slowly started changing. ‘HOW MANY KILLS?’

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 19. At each HQ the only questions the visiting officer asked were Kills? Apprehensions? Weapons Captured? Hideouts busted? Infiltrations foiled? Nothing could beat ‘kills’. It was so strong that all others faded.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 20. A company commander reporting no incident in his area of responsibility immediately generated comments of ‘incompetence’, ‘not-moving-out’, ‘scared’ etc. So peace meant ‘bullshit’. Each company exaggerated.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 21. Soon game reversed. Company Commanders (Majs then) learnt tricks of trade, and race to prove that he was in worst area started. The compiled data at highest level became gloomy. One kill would send others in tail spin.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 22. The same story repeated at COs level, Brigade Commanders level, GOCs level and Corps Commanders level. Each wanted to ‘individually’ go ahead and the cut throat competition intensified. “Experts” took birth.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 23. These officers now tweaked the ‘selection’ system in Army HQ allotting ‘points’ for anything and everything in Insurgency. Individual battles and cut throatism peaked. Army known for collective effort was split.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 24. The benefits were immense. Northern Command became ‘the’ Command. 15 Corps ‘the’ Corps. Competition was intense from Lt Gens to Majors. HOW MANY KILLS??? A positive and big number propelled an officer.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 25. “Peace” in a Company, Battalion or Brigade Commanders AOR became a sure shot ‘supersession’ reason. Military Intelligence fund in cash was linked to kills. The more terrorists one killed the more cash unit got.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 26. Army from last 30 years has produced a class of officers ruthlessly opportunistic, unethical, selfcentered intensely manipulative and upwardly mobile. They know HOW to get on top. That’s how Chetwode was MURDERED.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 27. Army interacted with Family’s family, friends, contacts, informers at all levels. They tipped Army and they tipped terrorists. They used Army to bump off those who fell out of their line. How many kills? was answered.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 28. Army did most serious cleansing but was being played by the Family. There was no way to find out. It was serious soldiering. Inadvertently they were playing in hands of Family indirectly. The Sabre rattling ...

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 29. Sabre rattling Generals, Jantar Mantar Generals, Crying Generals, Screaming Generals are all from this generation. ARMY hence requires sober Generals. NOW in next part we will see how the Family handled Administration.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 30. A few more tweets on Army before we cover more.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 31. 100-300 soldiers died each year in valley from last three decades. The total may go well over 6000 killed. No one talks. No ceremonies. No memorials. Same generals who write and talk endlessly of Kargil are silent here

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 32. Vijay Diwas is a ‘show’ of Generals!!! Despite the brass not having any moral right to continue. It was the Commanding Officers and their units who saved India’s respect. Generals failed us. In Counter Insurgency...

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 33. it’s again the COs and units. Commanders have only one question, How many kills? The finest junior leadership upto the level of Commanding Officers matters whether Kargil or Insurgency. Rest are milking.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 34. Sadbhavana replaces AWWA. The same officer who flags off kids, during visits to units asks How many kills? It’s hypocrisy. Reason? Pyramidical structure of Army. Elbow others out. What better place than CI?

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 35. Army must retain upper hand and hence must make other security forces look small. IPS entry!!!! Safest offices, safest places, no operations and ONLY gyan. Complete ground policing is done by cadres. IPS takes cream

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 36. loves to grab all cream positions & to play second fiddle to Army to reduce risks and continuously takes inputs from Army and feeds MHA bosses. They ‘please’ rank & file by getting very heavy allowances! They come 1st.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 37. Don’t forget this thread is about ‘How with one stroke @PMOIndia broke the back of Counter Insurgency Industry of Kashmir. Read and you will know ground reality. You will not see EVEN ONE counter to my tweets.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 38. Continuing from 36. IPS lead CAPF and are the most ‘unseen’ commodity. Cadre CAPFs are deep in deployment. Cities to jungles. Everywhere. Best briefings are by CAPF who’s who to Central Govt Officers. Most impressive.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 39. They get the best for their men through MHA. They give impression that Valley is intact because of them. This is without ever having taken part in even one operation. Counter Insurgency Industry booms.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 40. Come to State Police. If there is any security force that suffers it’s State Police. Their best intentions are doubted. J&K Police has suffered unimaginable fatalities. They are treated as untouchables by Army & CAPFs.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 41. Add to above chaos tge Intelligence Agencies. EACH FORCE has their own. RAW, IB and thousand others. Agents are all hand in glove at ground level. Each must survive. Massive money to pay informers. Industry is at work!

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 42. Security Forces and Intelligence agencies gain in terms of Promotions, Postings, Awards, ACRs, Allowances and ‘connections’. Their survival and continuity is in keeping the insurgency ALIVE. They cost heavy to maintain

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 43. Security Forces are being played beautifully by the Family and the extended organisation. Civil Administration enters. 100% funded by centre. Money. Money. Money. Roads, Health, Agriculrure, ANYTHING. It’s money.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 45. Corruption is of level one cannot imagine. These people ensure that for every rupee central Govt gives, 84 paise are skimmed off. Contractors, Lawmakers, Govt Officers, Terrorists EVERYBODY has a party. It’s perpetual.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 45. Previous tweet is 44. The more the insurgency more the funds. The Counter Insurgency Industry booms. No one wants it dead. Roam entire Kashmir and NOTHING is seen on ground. No development. SEVENTY YEARS OF BLINDNESS.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 46. The perennial source of funds caters to every stakeholders requirement. Why should Insurgency die? WHO will give importance to the Family? Billions are made JUST by keeping Insurgency alive. Support comes from all.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 47. J&K Bank is a chapter in itself. Millions are transacted. No questions are asked. ‘Saudi se paisa aaya hai’ is a commonly heard term. It’s personal bank of Family. 100% personal. Do you understand WHY it was important

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 48. to keep Insurgency alive? It’s a bloody INDUSTRY. A booming industry. No one bothers how many lives are lost or how common man lives. This is the most booming parasitical industry by Govt Offrs for themselves

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 49. You will know how right is my assessment by next statement. NOT EVEN ONE ORGANISATION IN LAST THIRTY YEARS HAS RECOMMENDED REMOVAL OF 100% LEADERSHIP AND FAMILY FROM KASHMIR. None has ever recommended it.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 50. Reasons? You never cut the feeding hand. You never recommend anything that will close Counter Insurgency Industry. From Army to CAPFs to Police to Civ Admin to Int. No one has ever said that 30 yrs Insurgency can be...

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 51. With no business, manufacturing, education and defunct tourism, tge entire economy runs on Central Funding. Central Funding was that single water point used by terrorists, SecurityForces, Administration, lawmakers etc.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 52. @PMOIndia must call for quarterly ‘assessment’ of situation in valley for last 30 years and compile all recommendations. A pattern will emerge. Not even ONE recommendation for SCRAPPING 370 will emerge. WHY? Industry.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 53. Do we assume that collective intelligence of thousands of Govt Offrs posted in valley could not ‘think’ about scrapping 370? OR they knew & deliberately did not since they were beneficiaries of the insurgency industry?

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 54. Everyone knew of the family, separatists, hard liners, terrorist groups, contacts with Pakistan, money from Saudi and the brotherhood exploited and armtwisted Center into pumping more and more funds.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 55. Where did it leave common man in Kashmir? I saw most of Valley in 1996 by road, you go and see it today. People who saw in 70’s will relate. Valley looks like full of poor colourless village. There is nothing.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 56. Nothing at all. Even today it gives look of 1940’s & 50’s. Dusty, poor, no colleges, no educational institutions, no industry, no manufacturing, bad roads, dirty & inadequate public transport, frequent power shedding.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 57. The poverty hits your face. SEVENTY YEARS??? TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTYFIVE LAC CRORES in last 30 years? Where is the money? Why can’t it be seen? The blame squarely lies on Counter Insurgency Industry beneficiaries.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 58. No one has a right to blame Kashmiris. The population is as deprived as any other, as misguided as any other and MANY MORE times exploited as no one else. Abrogation of 370 was as simple as made by @narendramodi

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 59. TV screens are full of EXPERTS. Most are beneficiaries of this industry. It’s shocking to see them, first getting the best out of this industry and now praising Mr Modi!! Breaking the back of this industry is the..

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 60. is the first benefit. This alone will normalise valley. Most important job of @PMOIndia is to keep eye on 100% beneficiaries of this industry from last 30 years. THROW THEM OUT. For ever.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 61. LAST SET OF TWEETS. To @PMOIndia Normalising Valley is easy. Few suggestions. 1. Compile and study quarter wise recommendations given by Northern Command, CRPF, J&K Police, GOC 15 Corps, CIF (K), BSF, all Int Agencies

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 62. MHA, MoD, State Home, MPs in LS and RS, PIB and press reports of LAST THIRTY YEARS. It will be proved that Counter Insurgency Industry was at work. 2. Remove from public offices, domain, media and places of influence..

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 63. all such people who were posted in valley and in important positions. Start from top. 3. Identify all civil administration, IPS, IAS and Officers in influential posts in last 30 years and action as in 2 above.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 64. 4. With immediate effect increase direct contact with population. Bypass hierarchy. Direct Centre to population (Jan Dhan, Ujjwala, Electricity, Bus Service, Swacch Bharat, Mohalla Clinics and Roads). 5. Directly ....

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 65. engage with each Sarpanch for development. 6. MINIMISE allotment of cash. 7. Immediately freeze J&K Bank and all other banks. Open as many branches of other banks and merge local banks. 8. Create environment of trust.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 66. 8. Do not let guard down on security. Highest state of alert for six months. 9. Remove each and every separatist, family, politicians, Lutyens gang from valley for two years.

#KashmirCommonCitizen #CounterInsurgencyIndustryOfKashmir 67. Let @adgpi revamp complete hierarchy and correct every wrong. Stop rat race that produces leaders who we are ashamed off. JAI HIND. THIS THREAD HAS TOTAL 67 TWEETS. Bharat Mata Ki Jai.