Jammu, August – Jammu & Kashmir BJP State President Ashok Khajuria said, "Militancy is proxy war sponsored by Pakistan and other countries. Rather strong action and laws are required to deal with existing war like situation, especially when China is also trying to interfere into boundaries of India on one or the other pretext."
While talking to reporters on Sunday, Ashok Khajuria came down heavily on the proposal put forth by the Union government that Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) will be amended and with the consultation of State Government it will be extended only to few areas.
He said, Home Minister P. Chidambram has miserably failed to assess the situation of Jammu and Kashmir and have bowed before the pressure of PDP and NC, which is not in the interest of the state.
Before taking any decision they should take notice of intelligence inputs and also give due weightage to the stand of Chief of Army Staff who has categorically rejected this type of move and said that it will not be in the interest of state and forces who are fighting with the terrorism,Said Khajuria.
Khajuria further said Jammu and Kashmir Police is not having sufficient sources and training to meet out the challenge of militancy and militant related activities. Even their number is very low. Hence it will prove futile if such a decision is taken because it ends the immunity provided to the armed forces and false cases cannot be registered against them. In case any body want to take action for the act done in a good faith, permission from the Central government is required. By abolishing or limiting its implementation in few areas will be a futile exercise and such type of experiment should not be done at the cost of lives of the innocents.