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| Govt must clarify stand on AFSPA: Dr Jitendra | | Termed partial revocation of AFSPA as a strategically fallacious proposition | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 1: BJP National Executive Member & J&K Chief Spokesperson Dr Jitendra Singh has asked the National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir to clarify its stand on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
He raised strong exception of the political parties supporting chief minister Omar Abdullah's partial revocation of AFSPA and asked them to come out unambiguously as to whether, in the wake of a series of terror attacks in last few days, do the members of the coalition ministry still continue to endorse their chief minister's obsessive demand for what he describes as "partial" revocation of AFSPA from districts like Samba, Jammu and Srinagar which have repeatedly been the targeted by the militants.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the events of last one week have evidently exposed that the demand for revocation of AFSPA is based less on the strategic understanding of the prevailing scenario and more on the expediency to seek one-upmanship in competitive Kashmir-centric politics which becomes more and more acute as the election time draws closer and closer.
Dr Singh further explained that AFSPA offers a protective mechanism to security forces to defend themselves against a terror attack and also confers certain special powers to them to apprehend a terrorist on the run.
Terming partial revocation of AFSPA as misleading, Dr Singh said this is a strategically fallacious proposition. For example, the areas that resultantly do not come under the purview of AFSPA are likely to be used by terrorists and their sponsors to recoup and re-launch operations.
Dr Jitendra Singh appealed to the chief minister to go by objective reasoning and rationale instead of falling prey to the self-defeating trap of competitive separatist-centric up-manship. |
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