The central government has reportedly asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to scale down the rhetoric on stone-pelting and focus on proper redressal of civic and power failure issues to connect with the people of the state.
According to a report in The Economic Times, the government has got the feedback from intelligence agencies that stone pelting is now restricted to just five areas of the state.
The intelligence agencies have also informed the government that the terrorists were now facing paucity of funds and weapons.
“We have Intelligence reports that show that instances of stone pelting have come down but the media exaggerates a lot. Also, it is done usually only on Fridays for about an hour. The unrest being shown is much more than what it is,” ET quoted a top central government official as saying.
The official further said that the supply of weapons to terrorists has been cut off completely which is why they made attempts to rob security guards of guns during recent instances of bank robberies in the Valley.
The report also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have telephoned Mehbooba Mufti to ask her about the flooding in Srinagar.
According to ET report, there is a feeling in the central government, that the floods could have been dealt with more efficiently.
