Army not an occupational force: Aseem

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 28: While the Indian Army has been receiving applauds and appreciation from the nationalist people across the State, a handful of people in Valley have unleashed a false propaganda against it and projecting the same as the perception of the entire population. This was stated by BJP State secretary & Prabhari Jammu Rural Aseem Gupta.
While dismissing the charges of MLA Langate Er. Rashid that “Kashmiris see Army as an occupational force” and that Maharaja was forced to sign “Instrument of Accession”, Aseem said that whatever this single leader party chief has said is not true and it is just an attempt to mislead the people of the State in general and Kashmir in particular. He said that the India’s Army, right from 1947, when it landed in Kashmir after J&K became legal and Constitutional part of Union of India, it has been here to maintain vigil on borders as well as come to the rescue of the civil population in times of floods, earthquakes and help the administration in maintaining law and order during riots and tensions.