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PM wants
'non-lethal ways' in Kashmir, calls for task force
Thursday, August 26, 2010 01:18:46 PM,
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New Delhi:
Calling for "non-lethal ways to manage protests" in Kashmir, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asked the home minister to
establish a "high-power task force" to devise ways of controlling
crowds. He also reached out to Maoists, renewing his offer for talks
on the condition they abjure violence.
Addressing the 45th annual meet of the chiefs of state police and
central security agencies, the prime minister said the situation in
Kashmir was a "cause of serious concern" and called for devising
"non-lethal ways to manage protests".
"Despite the curtailment of militant activities in Jammu and
Kashmir, the public order dimension in the state has become a cause
for serious concern," he said, referring to stone pelting in the
valley.
"We need to revisit standard operating procedures and crowd control
measures to deal with public agitations with non-lethal, yet
effective and more focused measures," said Manmohan Singh. "We also
cannot have an approach of one size fits all."
Referring to various crowd control methods abroad, varying as per
the situation, Manmohan Singh asked the home minister to form a
panel to devise better ways for controlling crowds.
"I understand that instead of a single standard sequence for the use
of force, other countries have put in place procedures that vary
according to the specific needs in different situations."
"I would request the home minister to establish a high-power task
force to come out with a set of recommendations on these issues in
the next two to three months," the prime minister said.
Manmohan Singh also reiterated his Independence Day offer of talks
to Maoists.
"I would like to repeat what I said in my speech on the Independence
Day. We recognise that Naxalites (Maoists) are our own people and we
are ready to talk to them, provided they abjure the path of
violence."
He said the government was "committed to making special efforts to
develop the areas affected by Naxal violence, many of which are
inhabited predominantly by our tribal brothers and sisters".
A day earlier, Home Minister P. Chidamabaram addressing the
conference regretted that there had been no "credible response" from
Maoists to the government's offer for talks.
"We have called upon the CPI-Maoists to abjure violence and come for
talks. I regret to say that there has been no direct and credible
response to our offers of talks," he told the meet in his inaugural
address Wednesday.
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