Jammu, May 27: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s confirmation that 30 to 40 militants have already sneaked in from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) had vindicated its stand against any dilution or withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)  without taking into consideration the viewpoint of army and para-military.

 Referring to the recent statement of Chief Minister, the BJP state chief spokesperson Jitendra Singh remarked, “Now that the Chief Minister has himself admitted about cross-border infiltration from PaK, the NC led government should hereafter stop issuing statements that demoralize the forces.”

 He added that security issues should not be put to use for “political expediency”.

 Singh referred to recent statements by Chief of Army Staff Gen V K Singh favouring deployment of troops and said “sensitive security issues are beyond the comprehension or prerogative of any minister or political party.”

 Ridiculing the coalition government’s claim for Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), he said the most visible CBM would be to reduce the level of personal security enjoyed by ministers and Chief Minister himself.

 “The Kashmir-centric political parties are into a dangerous race to appease the separatist forces by denigrating the security forces,” he maintained.

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