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| MORE TROOPS, MORE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION: APHC | | | Srinaagr,July 13 : Stressing that step up in militant violence in Kashmir in recent days should not force the Government of India to reject their demand of de-militarisation, Hurriyat leaders today expressed hope that such a step would put pressure on militants and further alienate those indulging in senseless killing.
A senior APHC leader,Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat told Kashmir Independent Press, "we are not in favour any bloodshed,whether carried out by militants or by the security forces."
Admitting that the level of violence
has gone up in recent months,he said,"it should not force the Government to reject our demand for demilitarisation."
He said "once the the strength of troops was
reduced it would automatically build pressure on
militants to avoid attacking soft targets."
The APHC leader said "our demand for
demilitarisation is linked to India-Pakistan relations
which were being smoothened with series of confidence
building measures."
He said "bigger the deployment of troops within the
state larger are the chances for human rights
violations."He added "you need not have six lakh or
10 lakh security personnel when the Army Chief,Gen.
J.J.Singh,has said that between 1500 and 1600
militants were operating in Jammu and Kashmir."
Prof. Bhat stated that "even gradual or phased
withdrawal of troops could encourage those who matter
to persuade gun weilding youths to cease fire."And
this process could be further facilitated if Delhi
adopted sincere and flexible approach in taking the
trilateral dialogue to its logical conclusion.
He denied the charge that the APHC leadership had
started demanding demilitarisation after the Hurriyat
leaders felt slighted by having ignored by Delhi which
has not resumed the talks with the conglomerate
leaders. "we had raised the demilitarisation demand
during our two meetings with Prime Minister,Dr
Manmohan Singh.It is our genuine demand and the
Government could accept it on an experimental basis."
However,President,state unit of the BJP,Dr Nirmal
Singh,said "the Government should never accept the
demand for demilitarisation." He said "the question of
reducing the strength of troops in Jammu and Kashmir
is
unimaginble when militants continue to strike at their
will." He said the demand could be considered only
when militants announce unilateral ceasefire and
Pakistan stops aiding infiltration and the arms
training camps on its soil |
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