"The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nabam Tuki which had its sitting on April 14 last unanimously decided to urge the Centre to repeal the Act immediately," Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Tanga Byaling informed in a statement today.
Taking into consideration that Arunachal Pradesh has been the most peaceful state in the North East with no history of home grown insurgency, extension of AFSPA to border districts of the state in entirety is not justified at this stage, he said.
Byaling denied the statement of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju of having telephonic conversation with him in regard to the extension of AFSPA in all districts bordering with Assam.
He said no intelligence information was shared with the state home department in connection with the recent attack on army by armed militants at Khonsa in Tirap district leading to the death of four jawans as claimed by Rijiju.
The state government had been coordinating with the Centre on internal security as it believes that internal security is the collective responsibility of both state and the Centre.