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Government to watch Kashmir situation before moving on AFPSA:
Shinde
Tuesday October 16, 2012 10:10:39 PM,
IANS
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Manesar (Haryana): Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Tuesday that the situation
in Jammu and Kashmir had improved but the government would only
think of removing AFSPA from some parts of the state after
watching the situation for some more time.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the function to mark
28th raising day of the National Security Guard here, Shinde said
the situation had been relatively peaceful in the border state for
the past year.
"I visited Kashimr recently. It is peaceful," Shinde said.
He said the government "can think of removing" Armed Forces
Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of the state after
watching the siutation for some more months.
There have been demands from some political parties in the state
for removal of the act from districts of the state that are
peaceful.
Shinde also said his ministry was in touch with authorities in
Haryana over spurt in rape cases in the state.
Earlier, in his speech at the function, Shinde hoped the NSG will
keep up its good work.
He said the government was looking into demands for modernistation
of weaponary of the specialised force.
NSG was set up in 1984 as a federal contingency deployment force
to tackle terrorism in the country.
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