Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which shares power with the BJP, today disapproved of the Army chief's commendation for Major Leetul Gogoi who had tied up a man to a jeep as a shield against stone-pelting in Kashmir last month.
PDP general secretary Nizamuddin Bhat said honouring Gogoi was not proper as the act was a human rights violation.
He said action should be taken against any human rights violation.
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"If he (officer) has been rewarded for this bravado, I do not feel this is proper," Bhat told reporters here.
He was responding to a question about the Major being honoured yesterday with the Army chief's Commendation Card for his sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations.
"The stand of the PDP is that this seems wrong in public perception. This is a human rights violation and there should be an investigation," the PDP leader said.
The Army Major is at the centre of a row for tying a Kashmiri man Farooq Ahmad Dar to an army vehicle during polling in the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election on April 9 allegedly as a shield against stone-pelting.
Gogoi today appeared before the media to say that his action was intended to save the lives of many people.
Breaking his silence, he said about 1200 stone-pelters had surrounded a small group of security personnel at a polling booth in Utligam village of Budgam district and if he had ordered firing, there could have been at least 12 casualties.
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