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Jammu,May 27
:- Mainstream political parties have come up
with missed reactions in response to the observations made
by the Chief Minister GhulamNabi Azad over the
level of infiltration, PDP sponsored demand for reduction
in the level of troops etc.
While the state unit of the BJP has endorsed the
statement of Chief Ministerin which he had ruled out immediate
reduction in troops,the Panthers Party has expressed
measured support to him.
Leader of the Panthers Party in the state Assembly,Mr
Harsh Dev Singh,said today "if the Prime Minister has
constituted a committee of experts to examine the
issue of withdrawal of troops from the civilian areas
in Jammu and Kashmir what had prompted the Chief
Minister to rule out the possibility of
demilitarisation." He said Mr Azad should not have
commented on the issue when the committee was in the
process of examining it.
Mr Harsh Dev Singh,at the same time,supported the
Chief Minister's argument opposing withdrawal of
troops and said that the time was not ripe for it.The
Panthers Party leader said that "we too do not want
the level of militancy to escalate if troops were
withdrawn."
A senior BJP leader,Dr Nirmal Singh,said "our party
supports the Chief Minister's observation." He said
"the issue of demilitarisation should be left to the
Army and not to be decided by political leaders adding
this not a political issue but related to the security
of the state."
He said withdrawal of troops,relocation or
deinduction of the forces should be left to the Army
commanders.
However,Democratic Freedom Party Chief,Mr Shabir
Ahmed Shah, said that "I do not subscribe to the views
of Mr Azad." He said once the troops were withdrawn
incidents of human rights violations would become a
thing of history."
Mr Shah said that "the demand for demilitarisation
was peoples'demand and it had received support from
across the border." He added withdrawal of troops was
necessary for improving the pace of ongoing
India-Pakistan dialogue and confidence building
measures.
General secretary of PDP,Mr Nizam-ud-Din Bhat,said
that "by expressing his opinion on the issue of
withdrawal of troops the Chief Minister could
influence the deliberations by the members of the
expert panel constituted by the Prime Minister.
He said that "our demand for cut in the size of
troops in civilian areas had no ulterior motives.We
want the atmosphere to become very conducive for
working out an amicable settlement of the Kashmir
issue."
Mr Bhat wanted the committee,constituted by the
Prime Minister,to base its
recommendations on the
political inputs from Kashmir.
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