AFSPA Will Continue in Assam: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

He added that the state would review the law if the law and order situation remains peaceful.

Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, 20 December, said that the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 will continue in the state for now, adding that the government will take a call on its partial or full repeal if the law and order situation in the state remains peaceful.

The CM's statement came on a day when the Nagaland Assembly unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Union government repeal the law from the state and rest of Northeast.

Condemning the killings of 14 civilians in the state by security forces, the resolution, moved by Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, demanded that the appropriate authority issue an apology for the 'massacre,' and that justice be delivered to the perpetrators.