No More Mercy: After Pulwama

No More Mercy: After Pulwama

India stood stunned with the loathsome move of attacking the troops by a terrorist group (JeM) based in our neighboring country Pakistan.

Now the nation demands an effective revenge from those responsible for the brutal act. Lots of messages are being circulated in the social media about the revenge and the decisive war and obliteration of Pakistan. The brutality and violence of terrorists are making the people anxious and curious for a menacing action.

In the rage against Pakistan even the common man is ready to face all the challenges but the bloodshed of Indian soldiers must stop. The need of the hour compels the government to take some strict measures against Pakistan.

The government of India, on its part, took some diplomatic steps to negatively upshot the economy of Pakistan to show the extent of rage against its unlawful action. The government has withdrawn the MFN status, curbed the tea export, imposed a heavy duty (200%) on imports from Pakistan and even the film industry has banned the Pakistani artists, etc. Not only this, Prime minister of India himself said “I assure every family that a befitting reply will be given” and the sacrifice of their soldiers should not go in vain. Our leaders also have made up their minds to teach Pakistan a lesson.




But these diplomatic steps were insufficient to relieve the anguish of the countrymen. A sigh of relief came from the action took by the Indian army in the valley against the terrorists. The army officially stated today that, ‘the entire leadership of Pakistan–based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed has been eliminated from the Kashmir valley within 100 hours of the attack’. General Dhillon briefed the press and also requested the Kashmiri mother to convince their sons who are bent towards terrorism to surrender, and also assured that if they surrender, the government’s policy of surrender will help them to get back to the mainstream.


Apart from the request he also warned that “Anyone who picks up the gun in Kashmir will be killed and eliminated, unless he surrenders”. This shows the audacity of the Indian army and their proclivity towards curbing the terrorism in the valley. These strong words from a general gives indication of some strong move in the future also.

Will Military go for another surgical strike?



Doing another surgical strike (like URI, 2016) this time will generate a strong reaction from Pakistan. As the Pakistan PM Imran Khan says, “his country will retaliate if India takes military action against it in the aftermath of last week's suicide attack on Indian forces in Indian-administered Kashmir”. If this is done both the sides will soon find themselves in mounting up a military predicament with no assured outcome. But, in the purview of the upcoming elections government may not go for it.



What else may military go for?

Military may carry out precision strikes in crucial and pin-pointed locations across the LOC through strike aircraft.
Another course of action may be the use of heavy artillery or other pre-guided weapons such as rockets, fire assault, without physically crossing the lines. But this course of action will not be very prolific.
The third and the most effective option might be of carrying out covert operations in Pakistan and targeting the terrorist groups and their leaders. But this course of action would require a lot of time and planning. And such actions cannot be revealed domestically as it involves a high level of secrecy. But it has become the need of the hour to plan for such an effective and covert action to maintain the morale of the forces and the countrymen.



Thus, it can be concluded that some quick and major action should be taken by the government or the military to console the countrymen and generate more faith in the action of government. But how and when it will be done is uncertain as the government is predisposed to the nearby elections.




Though, a high level of uncertainty is involved with all these actions and the response made by Pakistan in the retaliation. But still, I believe that India will do better than Pakistan in a conventional war, but it should also be kept in mind that both the nations are nuclear states and no one can say where the war will end.