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Vested interests oppose revocation of draconian laws: NC
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Tuesday, 4 March 2014
7:04 pm
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Azad entitled to
his own views on AFSPA
Srinagar: Reacting to the statement made by Union Health Minister in
which he ruled out the possibility of revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers
Act in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference Tuesday said that partial revocation is in the
interest of Government of India and if it still does not revoke this draconian
act then it will waste the efforts of those institutions and people who played
a key role in establishing peace in the State.
Member Parliament
and senior National Conference leader, Dr Mehboob Beigh told Srinagar based
news gathering agency CNS that there are certain vested interests who oppose
the revocation of AFSPA as it suits them. “Government of India should break
this nexus and should expose these vested interests. It should follow the
policies of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who broke the nexus
between vested interests and developed good relations with Pakistan,” he said.
“Ghulam Nabi Azad
is a senior politician and he entitled to his express his own views but I stand
for my party and reiterate that time has come for AFSPA to go. Even Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah is of the opinion that partial revocation of this
draconian act in certain parts of Jammu and Kashmir has become inevitable and
God forbid, if situation worsens in any area, it can be re-imposed,” he said
adding that history is witness to the fact that in conflict areas vested
interests always want to keep pot boiling.
Dr Mehboob Beigh
told CNS that he fails to understand why Government is India is not serious in
revoking AFSPA from the State when situation is peaceful in Valley. “When we
compare present situation of Valley to 1990’s, we find hell of difference.
There is normalcy everywhere and peace has returned to Valley,” he said adding
that there is no justification in keeping AFSPA intact in Valley. (CNS)
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