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The decision came days after the Centre set up a panel to explore the possible removal of the controversial law that gives security forces sweeping powers and immunity in disturbed areas. This came after the state assembly passed a resolution against Afspa amid mounting outrage among the state's population over the special law.
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MINORITY VS MAJORITY
The centre has said that states too have the power to declare communities as “minority". This affidavit was in response to a petition which said Hindus were a minority in some states
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