No Need to Set Up Panel to Review AFSPA in J&K: LG Manoj Sinha
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha of Jammu and Kashmir said that the union territory does not require a panel to review the Armed Forces Special Powers
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No Need to Set Up Panel to Review AFSPA in J&K: LG Manoj Sinha
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha of Jammu and Kashmir said that the union territory does not require a panel to review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as of Monday. Manoj Sinha was asked by an interviewer if Jammu and Kashmir believe it is necessary for the AFSPA to be reviewed or repealed as it has been in Nagaland. "It's nothing to be worried about. I'm investigating it. I don't see the point in putting together a panel to look at it " Sinha spoke at a news conference in this city. On Sunday, the Centre set up a high-level committee, headed by a secretary-rank officer, to look into the possibility of lifting the contentious Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Nagaland, apparently to calm rising tension in the northeastern state following the killing of 14 civilians. The five-member committee will be led by India's Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Vivek Joshi, and Piyush Goyal, Additional Secretary in the Union Home Ministry. Assam Rifles D…
