These actions would not produce the desired results. However, to say all this is not to suggest that these actions of the Chief Minister would help him retrieve the situation in the Valley, where the extremists like Geelani and certain elements in the establishment and Kashmir-based universities have vitiated the atmosphere to the maximum extent and induced the common people of Kashmir not to give any importance to the political and administrative institutions and violate the rule of law. Had he acted in the manner earlier he has started acting from the last four-five days, the situation in Kashmir would have been somewhat different and the extremists and separatists like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in overt and covert collaboration with certain elements in the administration, would not have dared to take the law of the land into their dirty hands and instigated the gullible Kashmiri Muslims to unleash a reign if senseless violence in the Valley and paralyze the functioning of the government. It is good omen for the overall interest of the people of the state. The recent transfers in the civil and police administration, removal of Mufti's right hand man Haseeb Drabu from the position of chairman of J&K Bank and the report that the Chief Minister is contemplating a stern action against 'corrupt' officials all indicate that Omar Abdullah has finally recognized the gravity of the situation. JAMMU, Aug 29: It is good that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asserting his authority and taking action against controversial elements in his administration.

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