OPINION | Modi will take action: Timing will be ours, target will be ours

Even as tension continued along the Line of Control post-Pahalgam killings, Home Minister Amit Shah, addressing an event on Thursday, vowed revenge, saying "chun-chun kar jawab dengey". Shah said, "None of the killers and their handlers will be spared and we will uproot terrorism from every inch of this land". Meanwhile, the Indian Navy conducted a war exercise in the Arabian Sea. One thing is crystal clear now. This is the time to take action. This is not the time to show evidence to Pakistan. This is the time to crush the killers and their handlers. The question is: Is Gen. Asim Munir the mastermind behind the Pahalgam killings? Were the killings done on his orders? Why did Gen Munir commit this sin? Experts point out that Gen. Munir and his generals had been facing flak for some time now, with Pakistani Taliban committing mayhem on the border with Afghanistan and Balochistan separatists carrying out attacks. More than a thousand Baloch people have been killed by Gen Asim Munir's army. Yet, the situation in Balochistan is out of control. Some say that Gen Munir wants to downplay rebellion in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by raising the Kashmir issue. In his speech last week, Gen Munir had described Kashmir as India's weak vein and he also raised the Hindu-Muslim divide issue also. It, therefore, seems logical that Gen Munir, in order to divert attention, ordered the brutal killings of innocent tourists in Pahalgam. By attacking the soul of India, Gen Munir has committed a sin for which he will have to pay a heavy price.

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