In the time of a heightened political violence, why Bengal wants a governor like Jagmohan Malhotra

Jagmohan Malhotra, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, handed away on the age of 94. A former civil servant, Malhotra was elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 and served as Union Minister of Tourism and Urban Development.PM Modi termed his dying as a ‘monumental loss for the nation’ and tweeted, “Jagmohan Ji’s demise is a monumental loss for our nation. He was an exemplary administrator and a renowned scholar. He always worked towards the betterment of India. His ministerial tenure was marked by innovative policy making. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti.”Jagmohan Ji’s demise is a monumental loss for our nation. He was an exemplary administrator and a famend scholar. He at all times labored in direction of the betterment of India. His ministerial tenure was marked by modern coverage making. Condolences to his household and admirers. Om Shanti.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 4, 2021At a time when goons and miscreants have taken the lives of greater than 10 BJP staff in West Bengal, the governorship of Jagmohan Malhotra in Jammu and Kashmir can set an instance on tips on how to deploy the structure to offer security to the folks of the state. His tenure because the Jammu and Kashmir Governor offers a precedent to West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on tips on how to cope with the continuing hooliganism in West Bengal.Jagmohan was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir from 1984-1989, a time when militancy in Kashmir was at its peak. He tried to unravel the militancy downside within the state working in tandem with the Farooq Abdullah led National Conference authorities. His efforts in ending the terrorism community had been extremely praised all through his first tenure because the Governor.Jagmohan was requested to change into the Governor for a second time in 1990 when the state of affairs had change into too unstable within the valley. He was requested to take management over the state of affairs in Kashmir and he tried the whole lot in his capability to guard the Hindu minority of the state.Local newspapers had been crammed with warnings for the Kashmiri Hindus to flee the valley. The warnings got here from Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. Many different native papers replicated this order all through January. The calls from mosques started coming at midnight of twentieth January 1990, reportedly asking all of the ‘Kaffirs’ to flee or get killed. The native Islamic leaders began mobilising the group to come back out towards the ‘Kaffirs’. The alleged rapes, bloodbath and inhuman killings of youngsters, younger and outdated would make anybody shudder. It shall be troublesome to recount the horrors confronted by the Hindu households in Kashmir following the twentieth of January.Rubbish. I used to be in Srinagar and noticed what occurred. More than 300,000 pandits left in a single day nearly due to the violence that Governor Jagmohan was unable to regulate. The Indian media has at all times been ‘patriotic’ on Kashmir. https://t.co/c45D5blTGs— Tavleen Singh (@tavleen_singh) April 27, 2018Not true. Kashmiri Pandits had been pushed out wn masse as a result of Jagmohan who was Governor on the time was unable to ensure their safety. This is why he’s typically charged with abetting this ethnic cleaning. https://t.co/bikuPYJ18E— Tavleen Singh (@tavleen_singh) April 27, 2018Writers like Tavleen Singh tried to whitewash the crimes of Islamic fundamentalists and blamed all of it on Jagmohan. If the true story of Kashmiri Pandit’s exodus shouldn’t be taught in our colleges and faculties, folks like Tavleen Singh would proceed to whitewash the phobia by Islamists and blame all of it on the nationalists like Jagmohan Malhotra, who made each effort of their capability of management the state of affairs.The Kashmiri Pandits are nonetheless displaced. The criminals are nonetheless at massive in Kashmir and are having fun with the lands and property of the displaced minority from the valley. We want to coach folks about what actually occurred in Kashmir as a case historical past and for example of how the Islamic fundamentalists cope with minorities. It would possibly begin in direction of a path for reconciliation if the Kashmiri Pandits are allowed to resettle within the valley, however the story of Kashmiri Pandits and the contribution of the folks like Jagmohan in saving them ought to by no means be forgotten.