Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took on the Centre once again by reiterating his demand that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFPSA be removed from the Valley.
""When I talk about revoking AFSPA, you don't want to take the risk, but you hang Afzal (Guru). Why don't you have the courage to revoke AFSPA... After hanging of Afzal Guru, you cannot bring him back, but after removal of AFSPA, you can re-impose it," he said in a strong speech in the state Assembly.
The Chie Minister said AFSPA is not imposed in Naxal violence hit areas. "Naxals blow up a helicopter, but you don't impose AFSPA there, There are no helicopters shot down in Kashmir, but you have a different yardstick for J&K." He was referring to Maoists shooting down a military helicopter in Chhattisgarh earlier this year."
Speaking on the issue of alleged Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Mr Abdullah said that the Delhi Police has failed to explain how a man returning to India with his wife and children was on a terror mission. "If a man comes to attack a shopping mall, will he come with his wife and children? I am hearing for the first time that a militant came to attack holding the hand of his wife and carrying weapons in other hand, as if going for a picnic."