AK Antony ensures AFSPA stays

Better sense has thankfully prevailed over Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the UPA Government on the need to delay lifting the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Jammu & Kashmir. While Mr Abdullah has climbed down from his rigid stance of having the Act removed immediately from certain areas of the State, the Government, prodded by Union Minister for Defence AK Antony, has sent across the firm message that it would be imprudent to lift AFSPA without the concurrence of the Army which has the best understanding of ground realities. 

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