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| PDP leadership satisfied with troops pullout | | | Srinagar, July 27
The PDP leadership seems to be
satisfied over the process of pll out of troops from
school buildings and orchards and hopes that the next
step of reducing the strength of the deployment of
troops within the civilian areas would follow.
A senior PDP leader and a former Minister,Ghulam
Hassan Mir,said today "yes we are happy over the start
of the pull out of troops from the school
buildings."In reply to a question he said that "we are
hopeful that the committee constituted on examining
the PP demand for troops reduction and the repeal of
the Armed forces special powers Act would recommend in
favour of it."
Ghulam Hassan Mir said that since the level of
militancy related violence had gone down the reduction
of troops would be a natural process.He made it clear
that "we alone do not say that the curve of violence
has gone down.Others,including those from the central
Government too say the same.Hence there is no
rationale behind oppsing our demand for cut in the
strengh of trops."
The PDP leader said that the argument that militants
strengthened and extended their bases during 2000 when noninitiation combat operation was enforced in the state was untenable because the overall security
scenario was different at that time when compered to
the present situation.He said that even if the
Government waited for another four to six months for
sending troops,deployed within the civilian areas,backto the barracks"we will have no problem.But the reduction will take place,sooner or later."
Other senior PDP leaders said that once the
recommendations of the committee of reduction of
troops was known the political Affgairs and the
working committee of the PDP will meet in Srinagar to
chalk out its future strategy on the basis of the
report of the committee.They,however, stated that "we
are hopeful that the Prime Minister will fulfill the
committment he had made to Mujfti Mohd.Sayeed in Marchlast on the issue. |
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