The state government must play a major role in brokering peace The clashes at the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar between local and non-local students and the alleged lathicharge on the latter group by Jammu and Kashmir police poses the first challenge to the newly sworn-in Mehbooba Mufti government. The current spate of unrest was triggered by clashes between student groups who were on opposing sides while watching the India-West Indies T-20 cricket match. The non-local students were incensed by the Kashmiri students’ support for the West Indies side…
