Pakistan radicalizing Kashmiri youth: Army Chief Bipin Rawat

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said that Pakistan has been radicalizing Kashmiri youth through various means. He said that Pakistan has been continuing with its efforts to radicalize Kashmiri youth.

In Kashmir, after the death of HM commander Burhan Wani in 2016, the conflict zone has witnessed the scores of youth taking up militancy. Rawat said that the misguided youth should be educated and the army can play a pivotal role in it.

He said he wants to convey countrymen that they can rest assured that any task given to defense services will always be accomplished no matter how difficult it is. The soldiers will continue to man and guard our borders, Rawat said. Reacting over the current weaponry, Rawat said they are looking at modernizing inventory. Their focus is on the Artillery weapon system, by 2020 and will get the Howitzers, K-9 Vajra is being manufactured in the country now and two Bofors like guns are being manufactured locally. Talking strong about Pakistan, Bipin Rawat said misadventures are normally not repeated and for its response, Pakistan will get a bloodier nose next time.

“A war that we were compelled to undertake, to throwback those Pakistani intruders who had attempted the misadventure of occupying the heights around Dras, Kargil belt. When the task was given to the Indian Army to evict the intruders, I recall the statement by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee where he said,

“The Indian Defence Forces have been directed to remove the infiltration from the Dras’ heights” and he added that even before the Indian soldier is launched into battle, we are confident that victory will be ours. That was the confidence he had imposed on the defence services. And they did not let him down,” the General Bipin Rawat said.