Ruling People's Democratic Party, which shares power with the Bharatiya Janata Party, 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.

"If he (officer) has been rewarded for this bravado, I do not feel this is proper," Bhat told reporters in Srinagar.

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. -- PTI