No plan to lift AFSPA from state: Govt

NC MLA takes part in signature drive against Act The government has no plans to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern states, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. “No, sir,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in reply to a written question on whether the government had plans to revoke AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern states. Chaudhary said the government had not received any information from its sources about conducive atmosphere prevailing in the states for lifting…

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