ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT

ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT

Recently, the Union Government has partially withdrawn the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 from parts of three Northeast states— Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.

• Taking inspiration from the Quit India Movement, the Prime Minister gave a call for the revival of its spirit of the Quit India Movement by coining a new slogan karenge aur karake rahenge in place of Gandhi’s slogan of karo ya maro (Do or Die).
• The aim of this slogan is to achieve the goal of building a “New India” by 2022.