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Irom Sharmila said in an interview with the Imphal Free Press that it is time to abolish AFSPA from the entire state, and time to start focusing on development and connectivity to make Manipur self-reliant.
In a major step taken after decades, the Centre on Friday reduced disturbed areas under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur; and kept it effective in a few districts and areas falling within the jurisdiction of some police stations in these states for next six months.
It must now extend the process to rest of the areas in the Northeast as well as in the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir
Rights activist Irom Sharmila welcomed the Centre's decision to reduce areas under the Act's purview in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, but maintained that the "draconian, colonial law" should be rolled back completely.
AFSPA: Areas under draconian law reduced in India's northeast