Teni was in Shillong on Friday. He said, “The centre will gradually remove the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act after proper investigation and observation.
We have withdrawn AFSPA from a few areas already as peace prevailed. We will not keep any law for a long time which is not seen in the best interest of people. But the main priority is to sustain peace in the region, so we will investigate and analyse the situation and we will take further decisions.”
AFSPA was revoked from seven of the 16 districts in Nagaland while in Assam, it will be completely removed from 23 of the 33 districts and partially from one district. In Manipur, the special powers will be lifted from six out of 16 districts.
When asked about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) he said, “”The only amendment we have made is for minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. If the minorities of those countries came to India before December 2014, the centre is giving them citizenship rights and with that nobody in this country will lose their rights or citizenship.”
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are back in Northeast India after a lull. Assam had witnessed violent protests in 2019 and early 2020 after Parliament passed the Act, which makes minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible to apply for Indian citizenship. Five people were killed in the protests.
According to critics, the CAA is against the Assam Accord, under which the cut-off date for detecting foreigners in Assam is March 24, 1971.
The CAA exempts tribal areas under the Sixth Schedule and the inner line permit (ILP) in the Northeast. The ILP was extended to Manipur at the height of the anti-CAA protests. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram are also currently under the ILP. There are also 10 areas in the region under the Sixth Schedule.
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