Guwahati, Sep 3 : Demanding that the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act be scrapped immediately, the North East Students’ Union (NESO) today rejected Home Minister P Chidambaram’s statement that the Centre was looking for a consensus on the possibility of amending the Act.
The NESO said that no amendment would be sufficient and that “the draconian Act had to be scrapped altogether for preventing its gross misuse to violate fundamental human rights of citizens”.
The NESO also criticized what it said was the partisan attitude of national news channels in highlighting the issues of the North-east. “The unprecedented fast resorted to by Sharmila has elicited little attention from the national media, which is unfortunate to say the least,” it said.
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