{"id":50170,"date":"2022-01-23T09:26:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/people-in-kashmir-rejected-militancy-separatism-army-commander\/"},"modified":"2022-01-23T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T03:56:55","slug":"people-in-kashmir-rejected-militancy-separatism-army-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=50170","title":{"rendered":"People in Kashmir rejected militancy, separatism: Army Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Udhampur:<\/strong> The Operation Snow Leopard\u2019 is still on with troops on alert and ready to meet any eventuality as the focus of disengagements in Ladakh continues to be through talks, Army\u2019s northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said on Saturday.
Joshi, the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), was speaking at the northern command\u2019s investiture ceremony at its headquarters here in Jammu and Kashmir, where the units involved in the Ladakh operation ran away with major share of the appreciation certificates.
He presented GOC-in-C\u2019s appreciation to 40 units and GOC-in-C\u2019s Certificates of Appreciation\u2019 to 26 units for their outstanding\u2019 and distinguished\u2019 performance in the command theatre.
The GOC-in-C\u2019s Appreciation was given to units for their performance in Operation Meghdoot, Operation Rakshak, Operation Northern Borders, and other operations.
The GOC-in-C\u2019s Certificates of Appreciation were given to units involved in Operation Snow Leopard, which was launched after China refused to move back and restore status quo ante in eastern Ladakh.
The importance of J&K and Ladakh is well known and we have played our role as far as the security of this region is concerned with full dedication and devotion and are maintaining our complete dominance, whether it is Line of Control, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) and International Border (IB), the army commander said in his address.
He said the brave soldiers of the northern command foiled the aggressive designs of the enemy.
Referring to the developments in Ladakh in the wake of Chinese aggression, he said disengagement with People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) was completed from various areas in a peaceful manner and efforts are on through dialogue for disengagement from other areas.
However, the troops are maintaining alertness on the snow-bound peaks, he said.
On counter-insurgency campaign undertaken under Operation Rakshak, he said the people of Kashmir have rejected militancy, separatism, and gun culture, and after many years, the number of militants has gone below 200 in the valley which is a big achievement .
The ceasefire along the LoC has provided relief to the border residents. But the attempts of infiltration of militants is going on, which are being foiled by our alert security personnel, he said.
He said 2021 was a watershed year for the armed forces when they displayed boldness in standing up to the aggression on the LoC and LAC
\u201cThere has been a reduction in terrorist related incidents, stone pelting activities and protests as a result of tireless efforts of the security forces and the people of J&K,\u201d Joshi said.
He congratulated local police, the CRPF, and other agencies for their role in counter-insurgency operations.
Joshi said technology is being used to assist the troops in keeping vigil and maintaining security.
\u201cWe are fully inducting the state-of-the-art technology in our army,\u201d he said.
Referring to the current wave of COVID-19, he said like the previous two pandemic waves, the northern command is always there to help the government and the people.
\u201cWe are fully with you and ready to serve you, he said, saluting the healthcare workers of the command who reached out to the people without caring for their safety.\u201d
The Army Commander lauded all ranks of northern command for their dedication and devotion to duty in the highest traditions of the Indian Army. PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Udhampur: The Operation Snow Leopard\u2019 is still on with troops on alert and ready to meet any eventuality as the focus of disengagements in Ladakh continues to be through talks, Army\u2019s northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said on Saturday.Joshi, the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), was speaking at the northern command\u2019s investiture ceremony at its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}