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Mehbooba lauds Army's role, says it needs 'honorable exit'
'Omar govt's decision to revoke AFSPA took all by surprise'
12/4/2011 1:34:23 AM
Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: In what can be seen as taking a political dig at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today commended the role of Army for maintaining security in Jammu and Kashmir and also 'advised' caution about the move by Omar Abdullah government to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act from parts of the state. Echoing concern on almost similar lines Congress has been expressing reservations over AFSPA revocation move, the PDP chief also advocated what she termed as 'honourable exit' for the Army in a proper manner instead of 'pushing them out'.
Talking to reporters after attending a seminar at the Hindustan Times Summit here, Mehbooba said Omar's move seeking revocation of the controversial law from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir has taken "everyone by surprise, even the Army".
"Revocation of AFSPA, withdrawal of security forces from the civilian areas are articles of faith as far as we are concerned because we feel the security forces have done a commendable job," she said.
She said there are "some black sheep" everywhere, some Generals who fudge their certificates but a majority of Indian Army is "very disciplined".
"You have to give them a very honourable exit and to give that you need to go through a very very proper manner where you take everybody on board and don't seem to be looking that you are pushing them out but you are just telling them that OK the job is done and we need space for civilian institutions to function," Mehbooba said.
She alleged the decision of the state government for withdrawal of AFSPA from some regions was taken "in a haphazard manner which took everyone by surprise, even the Army."
Mufti said if the state government is serious then the decision like this cannot be "thrown into the face of the country or the State".
"We are very much for revocation of AFSPA but it has to be a part of good governance. Revocation of AFSPA cannot be a substitute for good governance," she said.
She said it cannot be raked up for diverting attention from mishandling or corruption.
Mufti said if Omar Abdullah was serious about the revocation of AFSPA, he should have done home work before and alleged it was an attempt to divert attention from the death of NC worker Haji Yusuf.
Demanding complete withdrawal of the law, she said revocation from Srinagar, Samba, Budgam, and Jammu is a "joke on the people" of Kashmir as Chief Minister himself is saying there are no army operations in these areas.
Earlier, during the summit, when President of the ruling party National Conference Farooq Abdullah was asked whether Centre needed to change its attitude, on the issue of AFSPA, he said "of course they are changing their attitude".
He said Home Minister is on board the decision and discussions would take place in the in the Unified Command on the issue. In her speech Mufti had alleged that centre was "regulating democracy" in the state which is creating "Frankestine" monsters in the state.
"By Frankestein I mean we have an example of Gilani saab. He was elected thrice in the assembly and we have seen him performing, working like any other MLA may he had a different ideology. So, similarly there were people who would have been part and parcel of the democratic process but were stopped from very beginning since 1951 itself," she said.
She also alleged that by rigging 1987 Chief of militant group Hizbul Muzahiddeen, Syed Salahuddin was made out of Peer Mohammad Yusuf Shah. "so we created Frankestein.
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