Jammu, March 28 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on considering the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the wake of improvement in the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday invited sharp reactions from mainstream political parties in the valley.
Two former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti both expressed fears that it might be just a poll promise of Union Home Minister Amit Shah ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said the promise of revoking the AFSPA has been made given the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as he feared that the people here would be cheated just like those in Ladakh were on the promise of the Six...