Irom Sharmila wishes to meet Modi over AFSPA

Amnesty International has campaigned vociferously against the law. However, army officials maintain that it was for the central and the state governments to decide whether to revoke or continue AFSPA.

Human Rights Alert - an Imphal-based rights group - is not confident that the incoming National Democratic Alliance government would repeal AFSPA.

"We do not foresee that the Modi government will repeal AFSPA as he has never mentioned repealing of the controversial act during his electioneering in Manipur," Babloo Loitongbam, executive director of Human Rights Alert, told IANS.

"Nonetheless, we hope that they will repeal AFSPA," Loitongbam said.