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| Why is Omar Abdullah bent on experiments with security? | | | Early Times Report
panaji, Nov 5: Even before the final call on AFSPA is taken by the unified headquarters and the State cabinet, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said there was always scope for reimposition of AFSPA if things became difficult after its withdrawal from certain areas of the state.
It is strange that someone entrusted with the safety and security of the people in the State should be thinking in terms of experimentation with a highly sensitive issue like this!
He said his stand on AFSPA should not be mistaken as a support to pulling the army out from critical areas of the state or from the Line of Control.
"I am not for a moment supporting or suggesting withdrawing of army from J&K...the army will continue to have a role in J&K till we have two hostile neighbours - Pakistan and China," Abdullah said at an interaction at Goa Think Fest 2011 conclave here.
"Let the army protect the Line of Control and relatively peaceful areas should be left to J&K police.
"I am not suggesting that we withdraw army from areas like Baramulla or Kupwara or the Line of Control," he said, adding if things became difficult after AFSPA was withdrawn, it could always be reimposed.
Responding to a question, Abdullah said incidents in the last year in Jammu and Kashmir had taught him a lot of lessons. "I have learnt a lot. You cannot ignore even the smallest of incidents. You don't ignore anything, however insignificant it might seem."
This year, there had been no major incident, which was a consequence of such "learning", he said.
Talking about Pakistan, he said both Pakistan and India, as neighbours, were stuck with each other. "When we are stuck with each other, we might as well make most of the situation," he said, adding there were instances when cooperation worked.
"I don't see why we have to be constantly battling."
The statement by the chief minister comes at a time when the army has said categorically that there is no question of AFSPA being revoked even partially at the present. Union home minister, P. Chidambaram also agreed recently that the matter needed to be debated and discussed further.
Even after such serious signals coming from various quarters it would not only be naïve, but also dangerous to disturb the fragile peace in the state which is holding because the security forces are on 24X7 vigil. |
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