Kolkata Feb 26 (IANS) Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in force in Jammu and Kashmir should be amended.
"There is a need to amend the AFSPA if you cannot repeal it. The law and order duties should be entrusted to the Jammu and Kashmir Police and not paramilitary forces " the Rajya Sabha member said here.
Congress leader Chidambaram Chairman of a parliamentary panel on home affairs said deployment of paramilitary forces in the state should be curtailed which would lower violence in the militancy-hit state.
--IANS
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