At DGPs conference, no separate session on J&K a key signal

The just concluded three-day Director Generals of Police (DGP) Conference in Bhubaneswar saw a significant shift when it came to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.

- Shishir Gupta

For perhaps the first time since the 1990s, the issue of law and order in the UT was not discussed separately, but as part of the larger border management strategy of the NDA government, according to people with firsthand information of the matter.

The DGP/IGPs conference was attended by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

To be sure, there were informal chats, over meals, on J&K, but the very fact that no separate session was devoted to it underlines the improvement the UT has seen since 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated.