Sibsagar (Assam), Apr 19 : If the Third Front comes to power it will repeal the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan said on Saturday.

"The controversial AFSPA must go as it has resulted in creating fear in the minds of people and has served no purpose. We will abolish it, if we come to power," Mr. Bardhan, who was here to campaign for CPI candidate for Jorhat Lok Sabha seat Dhrupad Borgohain, said."We will also rethink about the nuclear deal with the US," he added.

He also asserted that Assam must be given a special constitutional status like Jammu and Kashmir as it is facing a similar situation.

"Assam has many problems like porous international borders, unabated influx from across the border which has threatened the existence of local people and above all terrorism which can be tackled effectively only by special constitutional status," Mr. Bardhan said.

The Congress, he said, claims that growth rate has increased but it is only the number of millionaires that has increased with the condition of 78 per cent of the population remaining same, he said.

Borgohain is locked in a triangular contest with sitting Congress MP and Union Minister B K Handique and BJP's Kamakhya Prasad Tasa.