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JK Can Emulate Manipur To Make AFSPA Infructuous
greaterkashmir.com | Srinagar, Nov 12:
While Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said the two state-level official committees, set up last October to view possibility of revoking the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), should make their recommendations known to him, the Army says the recommendations are already with the chief minister.
Omar on Thursday while sidestepping army’s opposition to AFSPA revocation, asked the official panels to go-over their recommendations again as he didn’t want to listen “no” on AFSPA withdrawal from selected parts of the state.
Constitutional experts believe that if the state government is serious on AFSPA revocation, it can emulate Manipur on the issue. “There is a precedent in the north-eastern state of Manipur where the state government unilaterally withdrew Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) from Imphal in 2004 making the AFSPA infructuous. After taking a decision on AFSPA in the state cabinet, Manipur home department issued a notification withdrawing DAA from seven assembly segments of Imphal. The centre too did not re-impose the Act in these areas. With the result the Army was immediately replaced by Manipur Police in the areas from where DAA was revoked,” said a political analyst adding that why can’t J&K government do the same, if it is serious.
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