Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the central government will consider revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu and Kashmir.
In an interview with JK Media Group, Home Minister Amit Shah also stated that the government has plans to pull back troops from the Union Territory. "We have plans to pull back troops and leave law and order to the Jammu and Kashmir Police alone. Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir police was not trusted, but today they are leading the operations," he said., India News - Times Now
In an interview to JK Media Group, which was Shah added that the government is planning to pull back troops from the Union territory and leave law and order to the Jammu and Kashmir Police alone.
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Amit Shah said the assembly elections will be held in J-K before September."Enshrining democracy in J&K is PM Modi's promise and it will be fulfilled. However, this democracy will not be confined to three families alone and will be a people's democracy," he said.