AFSPA Removal from J&K “Highly Possible”: Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi
Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said the removal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from terrorism-hit Jammu and Kashmir was “highly possible” but the present situation was not conducive. Without giving a timeframe, General Dwivedi, speaking at the India Today Conclave, said AFSPA could be revoked from the union territory when the Army feels there is adequate proof that the local police could handle the situation.”It is highly possible, but it is the timeframe that we need to look into. We looked at the areas of Doda, Rajouri, Kishtwar, where terrorism woudn’t be coming back. To the extent that bed and breakfast kinds of accommodation would be set up in those areas to attract tourists.
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The Mughal Road, which we were also looking at, will be used in a big way,” General Dwivedi told India Today News Director Rahul Kanwal and Managing Editor Gaurav Sawant.”But look at what has happened. Today, we have inducted 15,000 additional troops in those areas to curb the kind of terrorism that has come in… It will take its own time and when we have the AFSPA removed, that will be a decision taken between the local government, and the Union Home and Defence Ministries,” he noted.
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