Why no AFSPA in Maoist-infested areas? Omar

Last Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 20:22

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Why no AFSPA in Maoist-infested areas? Omar

Srinagar: Drawing a parallel with insurgency in Maoist-infested areas, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his state should be given a choice on revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas.

"If Maoist-infested states can choose not to use the army, why can't my state choose not to use it in some areas?" Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

"I want to know why no one is demanding AFSPA in these areas when they are so keen to see it continue in J&K," he said.

The Chief Minister, however, dismissed suggestions that he was supporting the use of army to tackle Maoists.

"I’m not. I'm asking why those making a big deal about it in my state are happy to be quiet in this case with a worse problem."

PTI

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First Published: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 20:22

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Musarraf P - Lahore
Maoists are Terrorists, in Kashmir it is Jehadi Terrorist. Very simple Omar.

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sanjeev.sharma - nashik
Dear Vikas Anybody who is here to destroy the country or tany state or even city is anti national .hence let us stop mincing words and brand the moists as terrorists

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Vikas - Kashmir
AFSPA is imposed where there are anti-national and it is duty of the army to tackle those people effecitvely, but the maoist are not anti-national they are fighting against the state adminstration so it is not any need to impose AFPSA there. Omar must know this reason.