The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has condemned the Centre’s notification declaring whole of Nagaland as a “disturbed and dangerous area” and thereby extending the operation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the state for six more months.

On Tuesday, a statement from the NSF media cell said: “The NSF is appalled that a peaceful state like Nagaland is shown as a picture of chaos and lawlessness by the notification as the world is witness to the fact that Nagaland is not what it is made to look by the ill-intended notification of the central government.

“The federation is uncompromisingly of the opinion that the extension of the AFSPA is a diabolic attempt of the central government to further suppression of the Naga people through militarisation.”