ST demand & restoration of pre-merger political status

(contd from previous issue)
14. India imposed Armed Forces Special Power Act-1958
The British imperialists enacted the inhuman Armed Forces Special Ordinance in 1942 to crush the Indian freedom movement. The democratic India enacted a much more heinous version called the Armed Forces Special Powers Act called the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) on 22 May,1958. The AFSPA is the mother of all black laws in India. When the Act was legislated in 1958 to ‘combat’ insurgency there was only the Naga movement in the north-east. Over the last 57 years, the Act has been in force, it has only contributed to the rise of more and more insurgent outfits in the region.

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(contd from previous issue)
14. India imposed Armed Forces Special Power Act-1958
The British imperialists enacted the inhuman Armed Forces Special Ordinance in 1942 to crush the Indian freedom movement. The democratic India enacted a much more heinous version called the Armed Forces Special Powers Act called the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) on 22 May,1958. The AFSPA is the mother of all black laws in India. When the Act was legislated in 1958 to ‘combat’ insurgency there was only the Naga movement in the north-east. Over the last 57 years, the Act has been in force, it has only contributed to the rise of more and more insurgent outfits in the region.

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