From all assessments, the protests in the Valley are frighteningly spontaneous. Mehbooba Mufti, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, faces a terrible identity crisis. She has begun blaming Pakistan for encouraging young Kashmiris to take up arms and accused the country of pushing infiltration. Her lexicon of blame now echoes that of New Delhi, where it is fashionable to reflexively drag all blame to Islamabad. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has done it; Minister of Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu has done it; so also has Minister for External Affairs…
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