Discussions and deliberations need to be held on the purpose of imposing AFSPA and how to revoke it, Rio said during the public funeral of the 14 daily wage earners of a coal mine, who were shot dead by security forces on Saturday at Oting village on their way home from work. Article 371(A) of the Constitution grants special provisions to Nagaland. It states that no Act of Parliament shall apply to Nagaland unless its legislative assembly decides so by a resolution. After the funeral, the chief minister tweeted “Nagaland and the Naga people have always opposed #AFSPA. It should be repealed.”