(d) legislative control in the J & K assembly would make the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A a child's play;
(e) a secure Kashmir would be a powerful bulwark against Pakistan and its ISI, not to mention as a leverage which would come handy against China;
(f) if terrorists are throttled, Jihadi organizations, such as Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda, and Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed with leaders like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, would be neutralized;
(g) safer borders means lesser martyred soldiers, a buoyant and not a demoralized force; it would also free up India's security apparatus and men and money could be saved.
Modi has the mandate. Shah is in the hot chair as home minister. Millions of Indians are hoping to settle Kashmir once for all. This dispensation has a historic opportunity to undo the damage of appeasement to the Valley which India has practiced since the accession of Jammu & Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947.
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