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Govt mulling over withdrawal of AFSPA

-The Times of India


NEW DELHI: Union home minister SushilkumarShinde on Tuesday said the government was considering the demand of various states, including Jammu & Kashmir, for withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and a final decision would, however, be taken only after talking to all stakeholders.

Shinde said, "We have to consider all the stakeholders' opinion. The AFSPA is not only in Kashmir. It is in many other places (north-eastern states)."

He rejected demand for an all-party meeting on the issue and made it clear that only the states concerned would be consulted before taking a final call on withdrawal of the AFSPA.

His remarks came six days after J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, during his speech at the internal security conference here on June 5, had said, "we cannot wait for last gun to fall silent" to repeal of the AFSPA.

Omar had also argued that if no AFSPA-like laws are required to be imposed in Naxal-affected areas where heinous crimes are being committed by Naxalites, then how could it be necessary to keep such laws in force in the areas in J& K which have become by and large peaceful?

Omar has been strongly pitching for partial and gradual withdrawal of the AFSPA from the areas where peace has prevailed and militancy related incidents have diminished considerably.