Srinagar : Even as Pakistani terrorists attacked a police station on Friday, J&K Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said that the state government would start a gradual process to revoce Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
“There are certain reservations as far as the Defence Ministry and some army officials are concerned, but we will try to start the gradual process (of scrapping AFSPA),” Mufti told the state Assembly. “Until you completely revoke AFSPA, make your people accountable,” he said.
Moreover, Sayeed blamed ‘non-state actors’ for the attack that left four people and the two attackers dead. “This was carried out by non-state actors who are against peace and lifting of the AFSPA,” Sayeed said.
“It is time Pakistan realised this as they are also battling these elements in their country,” he said. “Yeh Islam nahi hai. (This is not what Islam teaches). We will not be deterred in our resolve to usher in permanent peace in the state by these acts,” Sayeed added.
Referring to his recent discussion with GOC-in-C Northern Command Lt Gen D S Hooda, Mufti said, “I told him that you have to have a standard procedure.”
