On 22 April, 2025, terrorists killed 25 Indians—24 tourists and a Kashmiri local—and 1 Nepalese tourist at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam before fleeing the tourist spot. Eyewitness accounts indicate victims were singled out on the basis of religion, shot at close range in front of their families.
At the time of the attack, PM Modi was in Saudi Arabia on an official visit and US Vice President JD Vance was visiting India. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) chaired by PM Modi met the day after the attack and in a statement highlighted a potential link to Pakistan, saying “cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out”.
I can believe that the government didn’t know, or rather that one part knew and another didn’t. Information loss is an obvious phenomenon in organizations of that size. Remove all the unnecessary activities e.g. the continuing license raj and the government will become much better at core functions like security.
If the government really didn’t know it reeks of ignorance. And if it really knew, which is more probable, the government is dangerous. Either way not good. No sensible citizen should ever believe government when it claims J&K is normal. The government hasn’t been able to even sort out Pakland for good.