Baramulla, Jun 09: Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based army’s 15 Corps, on Sunday said all measures have been taken to keep the security situation stable in Kashmir ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls slated for September this year.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a felicitation ceremony of Kargil War veterans at General Bipin Rawat stadium at Baramulla here, the GoC, said that the security situation in Kashmir is stable and all measures have been taken to keep it stable. He was replying to a query about the security situation in the Valley which is set to see Assembly polls soon.
On Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain foreign militants issue, the GoC said: “Numbers suggested by DGP is a fact. How security agencies are dealing with them (foreign terrorists) is quite evident.”
About the situation along the LoC, the army officer said that the “situation on the borders was stable.” On the recent successful anti-militancy operation in South Kashmir, where the longest surviving Lashkar-e-Toiba commander was killed, the GoC 15 Corps said that “every anti-militancy operation is a success and progress ahead.”
Earlier, the GoC said that war veterans of the Kargil War were celebrated on the occasion. He said in Kargil War the Himalayan regiment of the army gave a befitting reply to the enemy in Kargil.
