CPI(M) welcomes CCS decisions on Kashmir

New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) Welcoming the Indian government's
eight- point initiative on the northern state of Jammu and
Kashmir, the CPI(M) Saturday said a review of the Armed Forces
Special Powers Act (AFSPA) should be positively considered by
the Unified Command in the state.
"It is good that the government has taken these
decisions, particularly on the release of the youths, review
of cases of detainees under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and
compensation," party Politburo member Sitaram Yechury told PTI
here.
He said all the decisions, taken by the Cabinet Committee
on Security after the recent visit of a parliamentary
delegation to the state, "must be operationalised
immediately".
"However, the issues of AFSPA and the action to be
initiated on proven cases of excesses (by security forces)
still remain to be attended," Yechury said, expressing hope
that when the Unified Command meets in capital city Srinagar,
these issues would be reviewed and "positively considered".
Yechury, who led MPs to meet separatist leaders as well
as the displaced Kashmiri Pandits among others, said the
special packages announced for Jammu and Ladakh regions were a
welcome move.
"The long-pending assurances and promises made for the
rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and others must be
immediately implemented," Yechury said.
He said the political goodwill generated by the visit of
the parliamentary delegation "must be carried forward and the
confidence-building measures consolidated by the group of
interlocutors that the government has said it will
constitute". PTI ARC
SAK


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