Reports vindicate our stand that 2010 was orchestrated: Wani
SRINAGAR: The National Conference today demanded a CBI inquiry into the functioning of secret intelligence unit set up by former army chief General (Rtd) V K Singh, which was alleged to have used secret service funds to destabilize the Omar Abdullah government.
In a press conference held at his residence the National Conference Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani said Issue of destabilizing the state government by the then Army Chief VK Singh as reported by a New Delhi newspaper is of a very serious nature and cant be brushed aside or dismissed
This issue needs a thorough probe and no attempt should be made to cover it up and as such we demand a judicial probe under a sitting judge of the Supreme Court or at the least by the CBI adding the finding of which must be made public without any delay
As such we demand that all the people from the state or outside who are involved overtly or covertly are made public and punished he added
Stating that the media reports have again brought to fore the Machil encounter the NC leader said “In 2010, a series of events resulted in the sort of protests that you saw on the streets and the origins of that lie in a fake encounter that took place in North Kashmir’s Machil adding These protest that spiralled vindicates our stand that the entire 2010 could also have been orchestrated
Devender Singh Rana, a close aide of Omar Abdullah also sought a judicial inquiry headed by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.
Addressing a press conference in Rajouri, Rana described the charges as serious in nature and a blot on the democracy. If true, the unfortunate disclosures have the potential of alienating the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The revelations cannot be just rubbished because the actor having perpetrated the intrigue has been Chief of the Army Staff, Mr Rana said while describing the act as first of its kind in the history of independent India. He reiterated that judicial enquiry or at least independent probe by Central Bureau of Investigations alone can bring the truth to fore.
The Provincial President recalled the horrific incidents of 2010 wherein scores of young people were killed mercilessly in Kashmir and wondered whether these were part of Gen Singhs game plan to destabilize the Omar Abdullah government. We had forgotten the miseries of 2010 but the revelations have opened up the wounds again, he said.
When asked whether there could be local actors supplementing the armys hidden agenda, Rana said whosoever and howsoever high they may be, those involved in the wretched game plan should be exposed. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have a right to know the truth. Therefore, the role of all those involved, even those from the state, should be scanned and findings made public at the earliest, he added.
Commenting on reports that the Indian Army has requested the Defence Ministry to order a high-level probe into the functioning of a top secret intelligence unit set up by General V K Singh, senior National Conference leader Mustafa Kamal said the former army chief’s action was an attack on the democratic credentials of the country and its ‘lofty ideas’.
“An attack on our democratic credentials and lofty ideas,” Kamal said.
Kamal also alleged that General V.K. Singh’s mindset was communal, and that is why he has opted to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’.
“He left office and immediately joined BJP, obviously his mindset was communal,” he added.
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