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| AFSPA nor against the Constitution |
| AFSPA nor against the Constitution: Army Chief
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| INDIA
, 18-September-2010
2:30:49 AM |
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Amid a raging debate on dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and its partial withdrawal from Kashmir, Army Chief Gen V K Singh today said the AFSPA was an "enabling provision" and not "arbitrary".
The Army has given its views on the issue and the government will take the "correct decision", he said.
Gen Singh, who was here to review the Passing Out Parade at the Officers Training Academy, also said there have been more infiltration attempts into Jammu and Kashmir in the last two months and did not rule out "some methods" in Pakistan trying to exploit the unrest in the border state.
To questions by reporters on the demand for diluting the AFSPA, Gen Singh said it was "an enabling provision, not arbitrary".
"I think the government will take a correct decision on what is to be done about it," he said.
To repeated queries on the issue, he said, "You all know that the Supreme Court has very clearly said that provisions of AFSPA are neither arbitrary nor against the Constitution."
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