It is time to treat fire with fire. Women protesters joined the social media campaign and is misleading the Kashmir youth and thereby tarnishing the nation’s image. From now on women troops will deal with female protesters and it is good news. They could be tackled easily if we have enough strength of women officers and sizeable other rank and file cadre to corner such trouble shooters. In the past we were complacent in dealing with women protesters as there are number of restrictions in dealing with them as women are considered non-equals and known as weaker sex. So to treat them and pay them in their own coin women officers option is the best. Women are currently recruited in selective areas of the Army such as medical, legal, educational and engineering wings. Thus the army could deploy its first women combatants for operations, starting with military police and seeing the progress the wings will be extended to other fields as well. The disturbance in Kashmir valley is giving the army and CRPF hard times and we need to have more forces to hit upon our enemy at the right time and bring peace and harmony in the valley soon.
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