Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday hailed the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Tripura as a 'positive and salutary decision' and added that the Centre and other state governments must also emulate the move.
"The Government of Tripura has taken a very positive and salutary decision. And this is something the Centre and other state governments must emulate," Yechury told ANI.
The Government of Tripura had, in a landmark move, decided to withdraw AFSPA from the state. The state will now move the Union Home Ministry for the formal withdrawal of AFSPA.
The Act was implemented in 40 police station areas of the state in February, 1997. With declining insurgency, the administration, in June 2013 had earlier withdrawn the Act from nine police stations.
