Directions: A course of action is given below followed by three situations. Read it carefully and answer the question that follows.

 

Course of action: Repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) law would be the greatest confidence-building measure that the Government of India can implement for the Northeast.

 

Situation I: AFSPA violates the Constitution of India as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Situation II: The imposition of AFSPA martial law on the people of Manipur and the Northeast has led to at least 20,000 being killed besides numerous incidences of rape, arrests, torture and extrajudicial executions.

Situation III: The task of the armed forces is to protect the boundaries of a nation from external aggression and Northeast India is an area of immense geo-strategic importance which shares boundaries with five countries including Myanmar and China.