Amid demands for AFSPA withdrawal, Govt extends it again for 6 more months in Nagaland

Dec. 30: When on one hand there has been a strong demand to withdraw AFSPA from Nagaland and the entire Northeast, the Union government on 30 December has notified to extend the same for 6 more months. The Union Home Ministry on Thursday, December 30, 2021, extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the whole of Nagaland for another six months.

In a notification, the Ministry said “the Central government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of the State of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary.” It added that in exercise of powers conferred under Section 4 of the Act, “the Central government hereby declares that whole of the State of Nagaland to be ‘disturbed area’ for a period of six months with effect from 30th December, 2021, for the purpose of the said Act.”