JD-U opposes extension of AFSPA in NE
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India
New Delhi, December 10 2014:
JD-U on Wednesday questioned in the Rajya Sabha the decision to extend Armed Forces Special Powers Act in North East, wondering as to why it is being done there despite massive protests in the region.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, party chief Sharad Yadav also took an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "AFSPA has been extended in North East.
All of us go there, wear all kinds of fancy dresses.
Prime Ministers go there" .
While Manipur extended the status of 'disturbed area' on December 1 for another year under AFSPA, it has been extended for another six months in Tripura.
He said that women held nude protests against it while activist Sharmila Irom is fasting for years.
"How long will the country ignore Sharmila ? Why this Act is being extended...The law of dictatorship.
Nobody is listening to Sharmila.
On a hunger strike of 10 days, Telangana is created and here this woman is on hunger strike for a decade.
Women held nude protests against it (AFSPA).
"How much suffering and pain the women would have undergone that they held a nude protest," Yadav said.