Why no AFSPA in Maoist-infested areas? asks Omar

Agencies Posted: Apr 22, 2012 at 0009 hrs
Srinagar Drawing a parallel with insurgency in Maoist-infested areas, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said his state should be given a choice on revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas.

\"If Maoist-infested states can choose not to use the army, why can\'t my state choose not to use it in some areas?\"

Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

\"I want to know why no one is demanding AFSPA in these areas when they are so keen to see it continue in J&K,\" he said.

The Chief Minister, however, dismissed suggestions that he was supporting the use of army to tackle Maoists.

\"I\'m not. I\'m asking why those making a big deal about it in my state are happy to be quiet in this case with a worse problem.\"