Rajnath says AFSPA will go from J&K 'when the situation is conducive'

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the controversial AFSPA will be removed from Jammu and Kashmir - a state the BJP rules with the Peoples Democratic Party - when the situation is conducive. The AFSPA is one of the sticking points between the BJP and the PDP since they came to power in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year. In March, days after terror attacks in the state killed three security personnel, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said his government would initiate the gradual process of scrapping the law from the state.