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| Sensitive issues can't be debated publicly, says CM | | Revoking AFSPA | | NEHA
JAMMU, June 15: Gone are the days when NC leader and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah used to roar and threaten. He appears to be a bit changed man, notwithstanding no real change in the functioning of the government that he has been leading for the last more than three years now. His administration remains as inefficient and irresponsible as before with almost all the non-NC and non-Congress formations describing his government as most corrupt and anti-people. The Panthers Party is even going to the extent of dismissing the NC-Congress dispensation as anti-national and demanding its dismissal.
That the desire to retain control over the state power which Omar Abdullah got due to the bungling instinct of the discredited and increasingly unpopular Congress party has forced the otherwise very aggressive and assertive chief minister to change his attitude towards the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) could be clearly seen from what he said yesterday about the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Talking informally to reporters after inspecting the passing out parade at Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA), Udhampur, Omar Abdullah said "sensitive issues like partial withdrawal of AFSPA can't be debated publicly". He simply said: "At this moment, I can only say that discussions are on at appropriate levels on the issue of partial withdrawal of AFSPA''.
The chief minister was actually responding to a question whether or not he would take up the issue of AFSPA revocation with New Delhi in the wake of change of guard in the Army. General Bikram Singh took over as Army chief from Gen VK Singh only on May 31. General V K Singh was highly critic of those who had been demanding revocation of the AFSPA, saying such a revocation would prove counter-productive. He had even turned the chief minister's demand seeking removal of the AFSPA from what he used to describe as "five peaceful districts" of the State -- Jammu, Srinagar, Budgam, Samba and Kathua.
He was the same chief minister who had in October 2011 on the eve of annual durbar move declared in Srinagar that he would revoke the AFSPA before the Durbar reopened in Jammu. He had even taken cudgels with JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz, saying there was no need for him to take on board the Congress chief, as he had already taken the Union Home Minister on board. Omar Abdullah had even taken on the army and reportedly said that he was not prepared to listen "no" from them and that the Army had to go with him. So much so, that he had camped in New Delhi for days to persuade the establishment to revoke the AFSPA.
Compare what he said in October 2011 and immediately thereafter about the AFSPA with what he said yesterday and you will find that he has virtually raised his hands. The sudden change in his attitude should not surprise any one. After all, the Abdullahs are known for compromising their position and ideology for the sake of personal power.
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