Amit Shah, Mehbooba lying about AFSPA: Omar

Regional National Conference (NC) president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah Thursday hit out at the BJP president Amit Shah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for “lying” about the repealing of controversial AFSPA.

“Why are @AmitShah & the PDP lying to people about AFSPA? PDP has no intention of doing anything with AFSPA & BJP didn’t break the coalition because of AFSPA. This is from Ms (Mehbooba) Mufti’s Assembly speech as CM in Feb 2018,” said Omar on Twitter while posting a story carried by national daily.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba had in her speech ruled out revoking the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) “due to the prevailing situation” and asserted that the Indian Army is the "most disciplined" force in the world.

On Wednesday Shah while addressing an election rally in Udhapur area of Jammu criticised Congress party for promising in its manifesto that it will bring an amendment to AFSPA if elected to power in New Delhi.

“On the one hand we sacrificed two of our deputy CMs, Kavinder Gupta and Nirmal Singh, when we’re pressurized by PDP to repeal AFSPA and withdrew support to Mehbooba Mufti. On the other hand, Congress itself is promising to dilute AFSPA. It is very shameful,” he said.

“This is Narendra Modi’s government which will never let anyone dilute AFSPA. We’re standing like a wall of rock against those making attempts to weaken our security forces. AFSPA will never be repealed,” he asserted.

Mehbooba had on Tuesday hailed the Congress party's poll promise to amend the AFSPA if voted to power in the general elections saying the Congress has shown great courage by endorsing issues the PDP incorporated in its agenda of alliance with the BJP.

"The Revocation of AFSPA, not fiddling with the JK constitutional provisions & holding unconditional dialogue. The roadmap PDP envisages is the only solution for a peaceful J&K,” she tweeted.