In recent years, the AFSPA has been lifted or modified in some areas, including in the state of Tripura and in some districts of the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
if a soldier is booked under this act, he would be travelling long distances every month to attend the court hearing which is nothing less than his mental harassment- paying the price for merely performance of his duties.
The only thing apart from quitting politics Irom can do now is to leave the people on their own; they are wise enough to choose what kind of society they want.