GS3 · 10 marks · 150 words

"The recent radical trends in Punjab show that the Khalistan issue is still simmering." Discuss the statement with respect to recent developments and suggest measures to handle it.

Answered by 13 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Non-state ActorsExtremismTerrorismBorder ManagementMedia and Social NetworksOrganised Crime

Syllabus: Linkages between development and spread of extremism.

How toppers approached it

From 12 of the 13 answers · about 160 words · 50% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition33%
  • No separate opening33%
  • A direct answer17%
  • A date or context8%

Body

  • Points58%
  • Points and prose42%

Close

  • A way forward67%
  • A summary25%
  • No separate close8%

The toppers’ answers

RuhaniAIR 5 · CSE 2023 · 96 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Khalistan is a separatist movement in Punjab which demands secession of Punjab from India to create a separate Khalistan. Thus, khalistanis are strengthening their network abroad to voice their demand for a khalistan.

MEASURES TO HANDLE IT :

Body · points and prose

Developments | Protests by Canadian Khalistanis govt's in UK inaction against Khalistanis.

Thus, khalistanis are strengthening their network abroad to voice their demand for a khalistan.

MEASURES TO HANDLE IT :

→ Diplomacy :- Indian diplomats to engage with diplomats of UK, US, Canada to ask them to treat Khalistanis as terrorists and threat to India's sovereignty. → Police agencies to arrest Khalistanis → Radicalization of youth on social media to be stopped.

Close · a way forward

Thus, the demand for Khalistan needs to be nipped in the bud for a united India.

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