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I share activist Irom Sharmila's disappointment: P Chidambaram
Economic Times | ET Bureau | New Delhi: Sep 2, 2011, 02.59am IST
Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that he shared the disappointment of Manipur activist Irom Sharmila, who has been fasting for the last 10 years demanding the repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the state.
"I too am disappointed," Chidambaram said when asked to comment on Sharmila's recent regret over the government's failure to do anything about the controversial Act even 10 years into her struggle. "MHA is trying its best to revisit AFSPA. But one needs to build consensus," he pointed out, in an apparent reference to the stiff opposition of the Defence Ministry and the armed forces to any dilution in AFSPA.
As per an MHA proposal, some of the clauses in AFSPA, including one that allows an armed personnel to use force against a civilian "to the extent of causing death" was to be dropped. Secondly, the ministry proposed a grievance redressal mechanism, with the participation of a civilian officer, to address complaints of alleged misuse of the Act.
Also, the "humane" Act mooted by the MHA sought to bar the forces from searching residential dwellings without a warrant.
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