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Bjp Rejects Cm’s Call For No Army Ops In Ramzan


Date:- 11 May 2018


Batting for operation ‘All out’ against active terrorists in Kashmir valley, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Thursday said announcing ‘unilateral ceasefire’ at this juncture is not at all in national interest as security forces have established their supremacy over terror outfits by eliminating their top commanders.

On Wednesday Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had issued an appeal to the central leadership to consider announcing ‘unilateral’ ceasefire during the holy month of Ramzan and Amarnath yatra after chairing an all parties meeting in Srinagar.

Following differences over the issue the alliance partners are expected to evolve a consensus before apprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the prevailing security situation in the state.

Addressing a press conference here in BJP headquarters State chief spokesman Sunil Sethi told reporters, “during the all parties meeting only a suggestion came up for a unilateral ceasefire on the lines of one declared by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government”.

“We have a strong view. Unilateral ceasefire in the present situation is not in national interest at all,” he added.

He said relaxation of any type at this stage will mean stepping back on the process of restoration of normalcy in Kashmir. “Today’s stone pelter is a potential terrorist of tomorrow. We will not agree or buy any argument that the hands of army should be tied,” he added.

Sethi said militants were demoralised due to Army action and a unilateral ceasefire would ease pressure and allow them to regroup.

He again clarified the state BJP was not at all of this opinion. He also stressed that a call for a unilateral ceasefire was not a unanimous decision at the meeting. The issue was raised by Independent MLA Engineer Rashid, Sethi claimed.

There was no debate on it and BJP did not agree to it, he told reporters.

“Our point is clear that pressure created by Army on the terrorists should continue along with ‘operation all out’ and to a large extent listed militants have been eliminated and only few among them are active,” Sethi said.

On stone pelting in Kashmir, Sethi said there were “stone pelting units” operating from Shopian to Baramulla in Kashmir. They keep moving from place to place to engineer stone pelting on Army and para military forces, he said.

When asked about amnesty scheme announced by the State Government, Sethi said the withdrawal of FIRs against first-time stone pelters did not achieve the desired results.

“First-time stone pelters continue to resort to stone pelting and have not stopped pelting stones post amnesty. It is a serious issue and we need to review the amnesty scheme”, he added.

Courtesy: The Pioneer, Friday, 11 May 2018 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu