SHOULD AFSPA BE REPEALED FROM THE NORTH-EAST?
ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT (AFSPA) — AFSPA allows for the armed forces to be conferred with ‘special powers’, in any region designated as a ‘disturbed area’, either by the Centre or the Governor of a State or the Administrator of a Union Territory. AFSPA, in general, has not helped the Indian Army in the…