New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari said the situation is acute in Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast and Naxal-belt from where complaints are received about misuse of laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
He also said that religious minorities in the country continue to be targeted despite constitutional guarantees and that the pattern of systematic mobilisation of hate and divisive politics is discernible, in many cases pursued with impunity.
“This is particularly acute in areas of internal conflict, such as Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast, and the Naxal belt where serious complaints about the misuse of laws like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) or the Public Safety Act (PSA) continue to be made,” Ansari said while delivering the ‘8th Tarkunde Memorial Lecture’ on the subject ‘Citizens and State Conduct’.
