More areas covered by AFSPA will be de-notified as and when violence parameters come down: Lt. Gen Kalita

Kalita said there has been considerable drop in violence in the last nine months in the insurgency-affected areas of the northeast leading to denotification of AFSPA from certain areas

Eastern Army Commander Lt. General R. P. Kalita on November 1 said more and more areas still covered by Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA) will be de-notified as and when violence parameters come down to an acceptable level in those places.

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Kalita, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, said there has been considerable drop in violence in the last nine months in the insurgency-affected areas of the northeast leading to denotification of AFSPA from certain areas.

He said peace and development have been ushering in these places. "This has been possible only due to sacrifice that has been made by the Indian Armed forces in ensuring that violence parameters are brought down to an acceptable level," he said while speaking to media persons after a wreath laying ceremony on the occasion of Raising Day of headquarter of Eastern Army Command.

To a question on whether there are plans to withdraw AFSPA from pockets in the northeast where it still remains operational, he said the situation remains dynamic.

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