There is sense of outrage prevails in North-East India over Team Anna's invitation to Irom Sharmila to take part in a Anna's fast at Ram Leela maidan in New Delhi.Irom Sharmila, lady from Manipur,a North-East Indian state,is fasting since last 10 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act-1958(AFSPA).This peculiar act has been imposed in Manipur and many other North-East Indian states at various times to control notorious militant organisations shedding blood of security forces and innocent civilians.
AFSPA gives few strong powers to Security Forces engaged in anti-terrorism activities to search,arrest,detain and in rare cases to shoot suspected persons without any warning or in absence of any court warrant to do so.This special act has proved extremely effective in curbing militancy in N-E Indian states due to it's fast action taken by forces in case of emergency.
Irom Sharmila is fasting to press for demand of repealing AFSPA from Manipur.Security and Intelligence agencies suspect that militant groups are working secretly,under the guise of human rights groups to make AFSPA ineffective.If AFSPA gets repealed from militancy hit areas,then security forces will become toothless tigers and would continuously fell prey of militant strikes.Also powerless forces will face constant threat of being dragged in to human rights violation cases.
In such a scenario,if Anna Hazare,Kejriwal,Kiran Bedi or anyone associated with this movement invites Irom Sharmila to take part in a fast with Anna ji,the morale of security forces would hit the bottom.And the issue of repealing AFSPA would again become a national issue unnecessarily.
At present raising anti-national and pro-militant,pro-naxalite issues has become a status symbol for Indian intelligentsia, focusing Irom Sharmila on national level with Anna ji would needlessly target Security Forces fighting bloody battle with terrorists all over India.
Today,the people of North-East India are experiencing peace only due to incessant tactical and strategic pressure maintained by armed forces on militant groups.So the invitation by Anna's team to Irom Sharmila has surprised people of North East India and security apparatus also.
All are demanding immediate clarification from Team Anna.
