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| Omar puts pressure to take action against Army officials | | | ET Report
Jammu, Dec 26: Chief minister Omar Abdullah had put pressure on the Defence Ministry to take action against the army officials involved in the alleged Machil encounter which had decided to hold court martial against eight army personnel including two officers.
The Chief Minister who had not been successful in convincing army in agreeing to even partial revocation of AFSPA was looking for desperate measures to have some thing to say about his stand on alleged killings by the Army.
Chief Minister had put the blame squarely on the army for killing of 110 youth in 2010 turbulent summer by saying that it had all started after the Machil killing.
"Omar was trying for quite long time. He had told the army and other important players that some action must be initiated against the alleged erring officials to give him some room for regaining the lost political space," said an senior official, wishing not to be named.
There was also mounting political pressure and Omar was being targeted for the killings.
Army had stiffly resisted any such demand and then after pressure from higher ups did agree to but with some conditions.
It's in this backdrop that he has not been speaking about the AFSPA issue for quite some time as he was expecting some thing from the Army.
"Omar was silent on AFSPA as he was given assurance that some action would be taken. The talks were going on for some time," said senior official, privy to deliberations.
The army action would now give Omar a handle to taken on opposition and establish himself as a politician who can take on the Army and make it take action against the erring official.
But now with this action of the Army the arc of light would now be focused on him also for not taking action against police personnel involved in alleged fake encounter and killing.
"Omar can now take a breather for some time. But political parties would now also target him for the killing of 110 youth and till now why no action was taken. He would now have to do some thing but it would be not an easy thing for him as elections are round the corner and he know antagonizing first army and then probably police could prove very costly affair," said an official. |
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