Srinagar, March 18 -- The PM has more or less elaborated the central government's policy towards Islamabad since 2014 when the BJP government took power. Although there have been efforts to kickstart an engagement between the two nations, they have been swiftly aborted following a violent incident either in Kashmir or in other parts of the country which were traced to Pakistan. Last such attack which put a complete break on dialogue was on the Pathankot air force base in 2016 which killed seven soldiers. After that, New Delhi never pursued a dialogue with Pakistan with any seriousness.

In one of his interviews during the last year's parliamentary election campaign, PM Modi made it clear that India "shouldn't bother much about Pakistan an...