Pulwama attack: Ex-spymaster AS Dulat says ‘aggressive diplomacy instead of coercive action needed in Jammu & Kashmir now’
Amarjit Singh Dulat
Former Research and Analysis Wing chief Amarjit Singh Dulat, on Sunday, advised that “aggressive diplomacy” instead of “coercive action” should be the way forward to tide over the current turmoil in Jammu & Kashmir. He was speaking on how India should move forward against Pakistan following the Pulwama suicide attack, which left 42 CRPF personnel dead.
The former spymaster said, “Diplomatic road is very important. Americans have already supported us. I think the diplomatic line is the right line which was used successfully after 1999 (Kargil) and 2001 (Parliament attack). It should be pursued aggressively to get across a message to Pakistan that this sort of thing (Pulwama or Pathankot attacks) cannot continue.”
Dulat said he has always advocated dialogue but at this moment, after the Pulwama terror attack, if he talks about dialogue, he may be branded as “anti-national”.
About the role of Jaish-e-Muhammed, Dulat said, “JeM had been quiet for past few years but it has come back in a big way in the last two years and people (security agencies) need to think why?”
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