India rules out changes in AFSPA in Kashmir The Narendra Modi government is understood to have ruled out changes in the controversial AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir and favoured its continuation in the present form in the state. The decision in this regard is understood to have been taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by the Prime Minister recently, sources said here. The CCS discussed changes suggested by the Administrative Reforms Commission, they said. The Army had also given its opinion in the matter and had opposed the repealing or dilution of the law in any form and stated that it was required for it to operate in the state, sources said. Even though Jammu and Kashmir has been relatively peaceful in the recent past except for the ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), the Army feels that it is more of absence of violence rather than establishment of peace there.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:32:33 +0000
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