“The whole India seems to be busy in making preparations for Trump’s visit, but for Sikhs of Kashmir the visit has brought with it fears that the members of the community are yet again on the radar,” businessman and prominent Sikh activist, Jagmohan Singh Raina said in a statement, on the eve of Donald Trump’s India visit. “The Sikhs are feeling insecure and they fear that something untoward might happen on the eve of the USA President’s visit.”
The minority Sikhs have a very strong reason to be insecure. Though they have survived almost unscathed in the more than three-decade-old turmoil in Kashmir, they suffered seriously in anticipation of Bill Clinton’s March 2000 visit when 36 of their members were massacred in Chittisinghpora. The massacre continues to be quite controversial in Kashmir’s contemporary history with both the sides to the crisis accusing each other of that. The massacre let a series of killings that dominated most of that summer and the real answers are still unknown.
As Trump arrived, Kashmir exhibited the same old ‘new normalcy’ that dominates the scene post-August 5. No strikes, protests or demands. At one point of time, such a high profile visit would witness Kashmir closure. But now Kashmir is unconcerned to whatever happens around. At the most, such visits trigger petty discussions before the shop-fronts, offices, tea stalls and, most often, in newsrooms.
As Trump landed in Ahmadabad to a historic welcome, a new situation emerged in parts of the capital city-state, Delhi. Communal riots ragged the region and for three days it was literally free for all. As Trump flew home, the death toll reached staggering 39 as almost 200 survived injured and are admitted to various hospitals. The slain included Muslims and Hindus including a cop and an intelligence bureau (IB) recruit.
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