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Patil to visit Doda on Tuesday
Published on Mon, May 01, 2006 at 20:52, Updated on Mon, May 01, 2006 at 21:00 in India section
Tags: Jammu And Kashmir, Doda , New Delhi
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New Delhi: Home Minister Shivraj Patil will be going to Doda on Tuesday where 22 Hindus were killed.
Politicians across the board have condemned the Doda killings on Monday, saying it was meant to throw the peace process off-track.
The Doda massacre proved a test of fire for Delhi's security establishment as it came 48 hours before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dialogue with the Hurriyat leaders.
Home Secretary VK Duggal held an emergency meeting in New Delhi on Monday to review the situation.
The Centre has already advised the state government to beef up security measures for minorities, especially in the remote areas.
No one has claimed responsibility for the incident so far. And though Lashkar-e-Toiba's hand is suspected in the incident, no militant outfit has been formally named.
"They don't want the peace process to succeed," Home Secretary VK Duggal said.
The beginning of summer traditionally means an increase in militant activity in the state and given the high voter turnout in the recent bypoll, the Doda massacre was something the government should have anticipated and been prepared for.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad fought and won the Doda bypolls by a historic margins.
The turnout was phenomenal by Jammu and Kashmir standards.
Azad's overwhelming victory and the show of faith in Indian democracy haven't gone down well with the militants.
"The incident at Doda makes us more determined to take on the terrorists. None of them will be spared," Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
"Those who want to disturb the peace process will always try to criminalise the situation," former chief minister of J&K, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, said.
(With inputs from Prarthna Gahilote
Soni Sangwan and Mufti Islah)
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