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The deadly attack on a military convoy of Indian occupation forces in Occupied Kashmir has sent shockwaves through the region. As many as 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday when reportedly a Jaish-e-Mohammed fighter rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus they were traveling in, officials said.
The fighter known as Adil Ahmed Dar was a local boy who lived 10 km away from the place of incidence. The deadly attack has unleashed a firestorm on Indian social media in which one segment is advocating bloodshed while another is advocating peace and deeper introspection.
Read more: Indian establishment responsible for Pulwama attack?
Former Occupied Kashmir’s Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was exceptional in his belief that talks were the only answer to the current conundrum. He lectured the Indian reporter, hell-bent on blaming Pakistan, over the Indian approach to Occupied Kashmir.
“Don’t blame only Pakistan because local people are joining Kashmiri militants gun is not the solution talk to them”ex CM of J & K Farooq Abdullah tried to share the ground reality with ABP reporter but she was determined to blame Pakistan and finally Farooq Abdullah walked out pic.twitter.com/MHGIlVXRt2
— Hamid Mir حامد میر (@HamidMirPAK) February 15, 2019
Other Indian intellectuals also joined in questioning the Indian attitude towards the occupied territory. Pravin Sawhney who started FORCE magazine, a magazine on strategic, defense and foreign policy issues in August 2003 was among the commentators. He was largely dismissive of Indian policy in Occupied Kashmir and called for dialogue.
8 things that terror attacks tells us: 1. Army cannot win this war. 2. It is high time for army to go back to its primary task of conventional warfare. 3. Indian military has been unable to browbeat Pak.
— Pravin Sawhney (@PravinSawhney) February 14, 2019
5. High time army understands that its objectives cannot be similar to political objectives. 6. No point blaming China for supporting Pak 7. Since locals are joining Jaish it shows situation fast slipping out of our hand. 8. Talk to Pak & separatists
— Pravin Sawhney (@PravinSawhney) February 14, 2019
He also took to task those who advocated for a military response.
That moment will come only when our army & military is strong, which is not the case. Develop military power and these attacks would cease. Empty bravado does not help. World does not thing much of us when our army is twice the strength of Pak army https://t.co/dydxcIRKpq
— Pravin Sawhney (@PravinSawhney) February 14, 2019
Others took a jibe at the BJP government who had used its claimed surgical strikes to have defeated local resistance groups. They also castigated the supporters of the government and those who called for more violence.
Pathankot, Uri, CRPF India’s hardest targets have been hit while a hopeless directionless government trumpets videos of its so called surgical strikes and stages mythological shows with religious symbolism and pours communal poison. Get real! #Pulwama
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 14, 2019
According to Modia and Bhakts who is responsible for #KashmirTerrorAttack in #Pulwama ??
◆Indian Muslims
◆JNU/AMU
◆Kejriwal,RaGa,Omar Abdullah
No one dare to ask question to 56' Coward who is solely responsible for this mess in Kashmir.
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) February 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/Shehla_Rashid/status/1096287224285425664
Suggestion for those baying for blood and trending #IndiaWantsRevenge.
Please get off Twitter, go and guard the borders. Thanks. #Pulwama #KashmirTerrorAttack #Pakistan
— Dr. Prerna Bakshi (@bprerna) February 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/Mushroom_Ka_Dad/status/1096230446210269184
There has been a 94% increase in deaths of security personnel in J&K in last four years. https://t.co/RBcgOUXntW via @IndiaSpend
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 15, 2019
How could an SUV with 350 KG explosive reach a large convoy of 2000+ CRPF Jawans on the most 'secured' Jammu-Kashmir Highway? Who is Responsible?
FYI: Jaish-e-Mohammed's Chief Massod Azhar was freed and flown to Afghanistan by Vajpayee Government in 1999.
— Ashok (@ashoswai) February 14, 2019
Anchors wanting war with Pakistan should be immediately sent to IB/LoC (am sure most of them don't even know the difference). Are they even capable of feeling the pain/worry of kin of those who face-off with death in war. It is not same as sitting in AC rooms & shouting for TRPs.
— Maneesh Chhibber (@maneeshchhibber) February 14, 2019
Some social media users took up the case of human tragedy and called for greater empathy for the Kashmiri people.
Terrible, terrible news frm J&K. Please for God's sake, stop with stupid bravado & start with talks. Talk, talk, talk. With whoever you have to, to stop this mindless blood-letting. This revenge mindset is hurting us & our people the most, whether they be in uniform or outside https://t.co/osSv4om5gK
— Ghazala Wahab (@ghazalawahab) February 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/shahfaesal/status/1096034203223949312
Twitterati also pointed out that this was a reaction to Indian brutality in the occupied region which was causing the locals to start armed resistance.
https://twitter.com/fz_katherine/status/1096286086702252032
#Pulwama Action and Reaction, the Indian Army will go to defeatin shame and humiliation #PulwanaAttack pic.twitter.com/YDfsW6BWEt
— طوفانِ حق (@StormofTruth) February 14, 2019