For last some days J&K CM Omar Abdullah has been very vocal about his demand for the withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from at least some parts of the state.
This demand, allegedly a ploy to win cheap popularity, has brought the 3rd generation Chief Minister of the state into direct conflict with the armed forces, with the latter being strongly opposed to any such step. And this view of the latter is shared by the nation as well, with the ground situation seemingly not being favourable for any such step.
However, the young and handsome Chief Minister is defiantly sticking to his guns. He seems to be quite confident that the so-called draconian law has now become irrelevant for certain regions of Jammu & Kashmir. And he is apparently determined to get those regions 'liberated' from the clutches of that law.
Fine. If the honourable Chief Minister feels that way, then it is OK. But let there be one condition. Let Omar sign an agreement that if there is an escalation in the terrorist activities in the concerned regions after the withdrawal of AFSPA, then he has to take the full responsibility for it and immediately resign from the position of Chief Minister, and also has to arrange for compensations to be paid to the kith and kin of the security personnel and common people who will be the victims of that escalation.
Are you game, Mr. Chief Minister?
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I feel, one of the immediate priority should be to review the way how the freedom allotted by the constitution is exercised by some of our intellectuals who are too keen to dance with the tune of band of Pak and China at the cost of anything. Another priority should be to dominate the cyber world, media (print and electronic) so that the new generation can be convinced that the level of freedom enjoyed by its citizen even can't be compared with other countries of this subcontinent and instead of dancing with others' tune, they need to play a great role by participating in the system in reform of its policies to make it more and more accountable to its citizen for socio-economic development of all the regions of the country. There is no question of presence of army with AFSPA in a peace and prosperous region / country.
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