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| Over 400 Jammu And Kashmir Politicians Get Back Security After Complaints | | | Srinagar:
The security cover of over 400 Jammu and Kashmir politicians, withdrawn following the Pulwama terror attack in February, has been restored by Governor Satya Pal Malik. The decision taken by Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam had triggered concerns over the safety of mainstream politicians in the state and drawn complaints from the parties.
The governor's decision today comes days after all the major political parties in the state complained to the Election Commission of India. The parties have alleged that sudden withdrawal of security was a conspiracy to sabotage the election process and jeopardise the safety of political workers in the terrorism-hit state.
On Friday, the Home Ministry had said that the security cover of over 900 "underserving" people has been withdrawn in Jammu and Kashmir, freeing 2,768 police personnel.
Sources said Governor Malik has expressed his displeasure over the chief secretary presiding over the security review meeting in which the decision to withdraw security to political workers was taken.
The State Level Security Review committee is headed by the State Intelligence Chief and it has members from all intelligence agencies and top police officers.
"Never in the past this meeting was presided over by any civilian officer and it was for the first time chief secretary presided over it and took the decision of withdrawing security of hundreds of political workers," sources said.
Mr Malik confirmed that he reviewed the decision on the withdrawal of security to political workers. He said the security of all deserving people will be restored immediately.
"A chain of command (of security officials) will review the security of political workers from time to time. In all circumstances, the decision should go through governor (sic)," he said.
"It's a not a prestige issue for us. It only needs to be rationalised. We will never jeopardise anybody's security," the governor said.
Mr Malik said he has already spoken to leaders of political parties including Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and based on suggestions by these leaders the government will address the security concerns of political workers. |
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