{"id":8076,"date":"2023-12-31T06:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T06:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2023-12-31T06:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T06:40:28","slug":"mha-tackles-violence-in-manipur-and-jk-brings-in-new-criminal-justice-laws-peace-pacts-in-ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/mha-tackles-violence-in-manipur-and-jk-brings-in-new-criminal-justice-laws-peace-pacts-in-ne\/","title":{"rendered":"MHA Tackles Violence In Manipur And J&K, Brings In New Criminal Justice Laws, Peace Pacts In NE"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, Dec 31: The\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span>2023\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>mixed\u00a0<\/span>bag\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Home\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Affairs<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filled\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>landmark\u00a0<\/span><\/span>steps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>overhauling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>criminal<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>British\u00a0<\/span><\/span>era,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span>pacts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insurgent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outfits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Northeast,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tackling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ethnic\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intermittent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terror\u00a0<\/span>attacks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>United\u00a0<\/span>Liberation\u00a0<\/span>Front\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Asom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(ULFA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pro-talks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>Amit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Shah<\/a>-led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>finally\u00a0<\/span>reached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>long-awaited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span>agreement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>end\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signalling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>latter’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seriousness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resolving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plagued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Northeast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decades\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>lives.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>May\u00a0<\/span>3,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ethnic\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>broke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Tribal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Solidarity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>March”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>planned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>express\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meitei\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>status.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>event\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>crisis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Months\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resulted\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>180\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>travelled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>days\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>row\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>mediate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>conflict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kuki\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meitei\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>steps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>foster\u00a0<\/span><\/span>confidence,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>formation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>judicial\u00a0<\/span>inquiry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committee,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>providing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>financial\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deploying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>troops.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Though\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>months\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>fragile\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>return,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>major\u00a0<\/span>obstacle\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remains\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mistrust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>normalcy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mostly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>returned,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>generally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>situation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>bridge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>trust\u00a0<\/span>gap\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>exists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kuki\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meitei\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>About\u00a0<\/span>53%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meiteis,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>primarily\u00a0<\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Imphal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Valley,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tribal\u00a0<\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primarily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>hill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>include\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kukis.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>13,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>extended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five-year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ban\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meitei\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extremist\u00a0<\/span>groups\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affiliated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deadly\u00a0<\/span>attacks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/a>personnel<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>29,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>United\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Liberation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Front\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(UNLF),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>oldest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terror\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Imphal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>valley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primarily\u00a0<\/span>composed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meitei\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span>treaty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rebel\u00a0<\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violence.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past\u00a0<\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>inked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deals\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rebel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>located\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Northeast.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insurgent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NLFT,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tripura;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>others\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>2020\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bru\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bodo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2021\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Assamese\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karbi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tribals;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Adivasi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agreements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Assam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meghalaya,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Assam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arunachal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UNLF,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>insurgent\u00a0<\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manipur.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>century-old\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Penal\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Code<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>1860\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(IPC),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Code\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Criminal\u00a0<\/span>Procedure,\u00a0<\/span>1973\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(CrPC),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Evidence\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1872\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>completely\u00a0<\/span>overhauled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Amit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shah’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bills,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nyaya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanhita,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagarik\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suraksha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanhita,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sakshya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>introduced\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>11.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>18,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subsequently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>referred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliamentary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Standing\u00a0<\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Affairs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>affiliated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Department,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>comprehensive\u00a0<\/span>review.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recommended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>changes,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>recently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>winter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>session\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parliament,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>withdrawn.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>12,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reintroduced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bills.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>21,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>houses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>25,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>approval.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>eliminated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sedition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>crime,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>precisely,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>section\u00a0<\/span><\/span>called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Offences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span><\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sedition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>law,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bharatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nyaya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanhita\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secession,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>armed\u00a0<\/span>rebellion,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subversive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>separatist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>endangering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>sovereignty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unity.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anyone\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intentionally\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>knowingly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incites\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempts\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>incite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secession,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>armed\u00a0<\/span>rebellion,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subversive\u00a0<\/span>activities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spoken\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>written\u00a0<\/span>words,\u00a0<\/span>signs,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visual\u00a0<\/span>representation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>electronic\u00a0<\/span>communication,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>financial\u00a0<\/span>means,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>means\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subject\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>punishment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anyone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>activities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>promotes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>separatist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sentiments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jeopardises\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sovereignty,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>integrity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>offender\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prison\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>maximum\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sentence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prison,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fine.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>conviction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sedition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IPC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Section\u00a0<\/span>124A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>carries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>maximum\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sentence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prison\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prison.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Rajdroh”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>replaced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Deshdroh”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>laws,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eliminating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>reference\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>British\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monarchy.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>magistrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>declare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>someone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>proclaimed\u00a0<\/span>offender\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>impose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fines.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approval,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>gone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“every\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comma\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>full\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stop”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>draft\u00a0<\/span>legislation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new\u00a0<\/span><\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drafted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extensive\u00a0<\/span>consultations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sporadic\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>21,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vehicles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>ambushed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heavily\u00a0<\/span>armed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resulting\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>injuries.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Outrage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>sparked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civilians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>discovered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>later\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>far\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scene\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>day’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>events.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ambush,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>civilians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allegedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>picked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Army.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>54\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>died\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>series\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>encounters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>occurred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Reasi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>28\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>attributed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“desperate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>across\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>resurrect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorist\u00a0<\/span>incidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span>valley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>little\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>infiltration.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Stone-throwing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>longer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>practiced.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“Only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Reasi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>incidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occurred.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Another\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>working\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>deal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenges.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>slain,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>31\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u2014ten\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fourteen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel\u2014were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>killed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Reasi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>slain.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>slain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trying\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>side\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>covertly.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>lives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>major-rank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>hurt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>May\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-terrorist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chamrer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forest.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>foreign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>slain.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Previously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarded\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>danger\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span>security,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Extremism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(LWE)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Naxal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>largely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contained.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shows\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past\u00a0<\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>52%\u00a0<\/span>decrease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Naxal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incidents,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>70%\u00a0<\/span>decline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>related\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incidents,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>56%\u00a0<\/span>decrease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>495\u00a0<\/span><\/span>percent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decrease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LWE\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>stations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>199\u00a0<\/span><\/span>additional\u00a0<\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>camps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affected\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LWE.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>1,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Amit\u00a0<\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>verge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eradicating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Naxalism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“determined”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>win\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>war.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>forces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>established\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>dominance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>able\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>win\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>battle\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hotspots\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LWE,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>insurgency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Northeast\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span>years.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>establish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enduring\u00a0<\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Northeastern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tripartite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accord\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>29\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>central,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Assam,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pro-talks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ULFA.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paresh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Baruah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continuously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rejected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>olive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>branch,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hardline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ULFA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>excluded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>agreement.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>closely\u00a0<\/span>monitoring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>NGOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ever\u00a0<\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Modi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2014.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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