Omar Abdullah begs to differ on Army Chief’s Great Year remark




Former J&K Minister and National Conference VP Omar Abdullah
Former J&K Minister and National Conference VP Omar Abdullah (Photo: Twitter)

To me, Great Year would be when no young man would join militancy and no security personnel would lose his life says Omar Abdullah

 

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Vice President of National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah hit out at the Northern Command Chief Lt General Ranbir Singh, on his “great year for security forces” remark.

On Twitter, Abdullah wrote, the compulsion of killing militants/terrorists shouldn’t be treated as a cause for celebration.

“I beg to differ, a great year would be one in which no young man would join militancy, no terrorists would be killed & no security personnel would lose their lives in encounters. The compulsion of killing militants/terrorists shouldn’t be treated as a cause for celebration,” Abdullah tweeted.

Abdullah was reacting to a statement by Gen Singh on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Kalai bridge in Poonch district. Gen Singh said 2018 had been a great year for the security forces as they had managed to kill 250 terrorists.

“2018 has been a great year for the security forces, more than 250 terrorists were killed, 54 were caught alive, and 4 surrendered to the forces,” ANI quoted him as saying.

In the past 48 hours, the security forces have killed at least five Pakistani Army personnel and injured three others in heavy retaliatory firing by Indian troops across the Line of Control in the Poonch sector.

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