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I am following Gandhiji's principle of non-violence: Sharmila
Hindustan Times | PTI | New Delhi, March 04, 2013:
Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who was on Monday charged with attempting suicide for her fast unto death here in 2006 while demanding repeal of controversial AFSPA, said she is following Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violence and should not be "discriminated" against. Chanu, while speaking to mediapersons outside the court room at Patiala House complex, said she and other residents of states affected by Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) need "peace" and "not violence" and the democratic leaders should hear her "non-violent protest".
She expressed her desire "to live a normal life" and asked why the government was "scared of giving her fundamental rights of a human being". "I am just a simple woman who wants to follow the non-violent principle of Gandhiji, the father of the nation. Just treat us also like him and do not discriminate. As a leadership, don't be biased against a human being," the 40-year-old Manipuri activist, whose counsel had sought court's permission to talk to media, said.
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