The Nadimarg massacre has rekindled the fears the Congress had before forging a coalition with the PDP last year.The incident comes ahead of a national convention of over 10,000 grassroots leaders and block presidents of the party this weekend in the Capital where the Congress is expected to clarify its stand on various issues, including terrorism.One of the most controversial issues has been the J-K government’s decision to disband the Special Operations Group (SOG) and its release of political prisoners as part of the ‘‘healing touch’’ policy included in the common minimum programme of the coalition. The Congress was busy denying that the policy had slackened government control over the law and order situation in the state.The ‘‘healing touch’’ policy had also come in for criticism during the meeting Congress leaders had with Deputy PM L.K. Advani after the massacre. J-K PCC chief Ghulam Nabi Azad is in the state ‘‘to study what more steps should be taken to protect Kashmiri Pandits,’’ the party said. Azad’s job would be to work out a framework to take care of the ‘‘feeling of insecurity’’ among Kashmiri Pandits along with the PDP’s healing touch policy.
