Guwahati: PM Narendra Modi is on a tour of Assam today. Addressing a rally here, he said that efforts are being made to completely remove AFSPA from the Northeast region. Addressing a "peace, unity and development" rally here, PM Modi said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act could be repealed after the law and order situation improved in various parts of the region. PM Modi said that earlier the sound of bombs and bullets used to resonate in these areas and today there is applause.
It is noteworthy that the central government had announced to reduce the affected areas under AFSPA in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur from April 1 after decades. Addressing a rally from Diphu in Assam on Thursday, PM Modi said that the impact of the BJP's 'double engine' government is visible in the return of lasting peace and rapid development in Assam. PM Modi said that the government has signed peace agreements in Karbi Anglong and Tripura in Assam, while efforts are being made to bring lasting peace and rapid development in the entire region. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Veterinary Science and Agriculture Colleges and a Model Government College at Karbi Anglong.
PM Modi said that, 'In Assam, it has been in force for more than three decades now. Due to the lack of improvement in the situation, the earlier governments used to increase its enforcement time and again. But in recent years, AFSPA has been removed from 23 districts of Assam due to improvement in the ground situation. We are trying to normalize the situation in other parts of the state so that AFSPA can be removed from there also. Similar efforts are underway in Nagaland and Manipur also.
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