Army’s stand makes it hard to amend AFSPA: Chidambaram

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday stressed the need for making the controversial Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA) a more “humanitarian” law, but said the Union government could not move forward as there was “no consensus” between it and the Army on the issue. “The Army has taken a strong stand against any dilution of the AFSPA… We can’t move forward because there is no consensus.

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