Arunachal CM Nabam Tuki urged Centre to review decision of extending AFSPA to AP
9th April, 2015
Place: New Delhi
Issued by: CM’s Media Cell
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki urged the Centre to urgently review the decision of extending the Armed Forces Special Powers’ Act (AFSPA) to all the districts of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Assam. The Chief Minister called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at New Delhi today and expressed his concerns at the Centre’s decision to extend AFSPA to the peaceful districts of the state.
While terming this decision as unilateral, he mentioned that it was not taken in consultation with the State Government.
The Chief Minister highlighted that Arunachal Pradesh has been the most peaceful state in the NE Region with no history of home grown insurgency. He mentioned that the three districts of Tirap, Changlang and Longding are insurgency infected as ultras from other neighboring states and Myanmar operate in these areas.
AFSPA has been in force in these three districts since 1991 after they were categorized as disturbed area by Ministry of Home Affairs. It was subsequently extended to a 20 km belt in districts bordering Assam. Against this historical backdrop of AFSPA in Arunachal Pradesh, the Chief Minister categorically denied the need for extending the ambit of AFSPA to border districts of the State in entirety as notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs recently.
The Union Home Minister assured the Chief Minister to examine and review this decision of extending AFSPA in the state. An official level meeting between senior officials from the state and the Ministry of Home Affairs will be held tomorrow in New Delhi as a follow up of CM’s meeting with Union Home Minister for early resolution of the issue.
* This PR was sent to e-pao.net by Geetartha Darshan Barua, Additional Private Secretary to Chief Minister, Government of Arunachal Pradesh who can be contacted at geetartha(at)rediffmail(dot)com
This Press Release was posted on April 10 2015
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