Amit Shah’s June 2019 Srinagar Visit Was to Give Final Touch Before Article 370 Abrogation: Retd Lt Gen in Book

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Srinagar on 26 June 2019 was to finalize the government’s resolve to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, claims Lt Gen (Retd) KJS Dhillon in his statement so far The book should be released.

‘Kitne Ghazi Aaye Kitne Ghazi Gaye’ written by Dhillon will be released as a tribute to the 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel killed in a suicide car bomb attack near Lethpora in south Kashmir on February 14.

Amit Shah’s visit on June 26, 2019 was already considered a precursor to a dramatic announcement and “I got a call at 2 in the morning informing me of a meeting with the home minister at 7 in the morning”, Dhillon Said his book.

Without divulging much about his meeting with the home minister, the retired Lt Gen, who heads the army’s strategic Srinagar-based XV Corps, wrote that “a lot of sensitive issues and key points were on the table, apart from entertaining ones”. The food which included ‘Aloo Paratha’ and the famous Gujarati dish ‘Dhokla’ during our tete-a-tete.

He said the discussion included understanding Pakistan’s response to the path-breaking declaration, which was now sure to be followed.

“I must point out with all fairness and great professional input that the Home Minister was in complete control and fully conversant with the agenda and had clearly done extensive research and homework,” said the retired Lt Gen.

At the conclusion of the meeting, “I was asked about my candid and personal view, (and) my immediate response was ‘Agar itihaas llikhna hai, to kisi itihas banane padega’ (We can write history only when we make history) are),” Dhillon said in the book.

This was the last meeting in Srinagar before the government, on August 5, 2019, announced the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It was divided into

The retired lieutenant general said the authorities had to shut down the internet due to lies being spread from across the border, besides ensuring that there was no loss of life and property.

Dhillon, who was heading the local army command in Kashmir, wrote in the book, “At the end of this, I would say with all my pride that the objective was achieved.”

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