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| Mufti reaffirms his stand on AFSPA, asks Pakistan to control terrorism | | | Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 22: Amid uproar in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunday over Kathua and Samba terror attacks, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed reiterated that the coalition government will examine the need for de-notifying 'disturbed areas' for phased withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Importantly, PDP-BJP Common Minimum Programme (CMP) also maintains that both parties have historically held a different view on AFSPA. "And the need for it in the State at present, as part of the agenda for governance of this alliance, the coalition government will examine the need for de-notifying 'disturbed areas'. This, as a consequence, would enable the Union Government to take a final view on the continuation of AFSPA in these areas," the CMP said.
But after the latest militant strikes in state, many voices have started backing AFSPA.
Keeping in view the improving security scenario, Mufti told the House, "the state government will examine the need for denotifying 'disturbed areas', which have been free from militancy-related incidents for quite some time. It will enable a phased withdrawal of AFSPA from such areas."
However, Mufti in unambiguous terms asked Pakistan to control terrorism if it wants peace and reconciliation. Mufti termed the terror attacks in Kathua and Samba as a "conspiracy" to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan.
"We have a strong will, a strong resolve to control to fight terrorism. If they (the Pakistan establishment) want peace then they have to control them (the terrorists)," he told the Assembly, after opposition parties created a ruckus demanding that the question hour be adjourned.
"They (terrorists) are not being taught Islam. I don't know what they are being taught. So they go out to kill people. When I took over as the Chief Minister for the first time, they launched an attack on the Raghunath Temple in Jammu," he added, appealing to all parties to unanimously pass a resolution condemning the attacks in Kathua and Samba.
When questioned on why he had on Friday used the phrase 'non-state actors' to refer to the terrorists from Pakistan, Mr Sayeed said, "Those who attack churches, those who attacked Pesahwar, Lakhvi, what are they?"
Mufti said that the peace that existed in the state in 2003 would return, and also noted that the tenure of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was marked by lowered tensions on both sides of the Line of Control.
After Mufti's condemnation to the twin terror attacks, the house also adopted a resolution asking Pakistan to refrain from terror attacks on Indian soil.
While the House witnessed anti-Pakistan slogans by BJP and walkout by NC, Mufti said the House must show a unified face in the wake of such attacks and pass a resolution condemning such attacks in a unanimous voice. |
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