The government today ruled out revoking the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from “some” of the North-Eastern states due to the security situation there.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran stated this in reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
The members of the House had asked whether the government was contemplating withdrawing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from North-Eastern states including Manipur.
He said that in view of security situation in some of the N-E states, it was necessary that the Act continued to be in force.
There have been demands from various quarters in the North-East for the withdrawal of the Act.
