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A closer look at the order reveals the area in the North East under the contested law has not shrunk significantly. In Arunachal, it has actually gone up.
On Sunday, PM Modi said that earlier the Northeast region was known for blockades and violence, but now it is known for its developmental strides and all-round development.
The Central government has extended for another six more months the application of the disturbed area under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 -- known as AFSPA -- in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.
Manipur BJP alleged that it is the Congress which confines to corruption from top to bottom.
The AFSPA empowers security forces to arrest a person without a warrant and enter or search premises without a warrant along with some other actions.