New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the country’s security forces and police are delivering strong blows to extremism, radicalisation and narcotics by focusing on three key aspects – accuracy of intelligence, clarity of objectives, and synergy in action.
Shah during his address at the 60th Director Generals of Police (DGsP) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGsP) conference in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on Friday, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government’s action against terrorism and extremism said that after the centre banned the Popular Front of India (PFI), nationwide raids were conducted on their hideouts and arrests were made, which is an outstanding example of Centre-State coordination.
The home minister said under the leadership of PM Modi, the conference has emerged as a key forum for resolving the country’s internal security challenges, ranging from identifying problems and challenges to formulating strategies and policies.
Referring to the actionable steps taken by the government for the complete elimination of Naxalism, Shah said in the last seven years, the centre has strengthened the security grid by constructing 586 fortified police stations.
As a result, the number of Naxal-affected districts has come down from 126 in 2014 to just 11 at the present day, he added.
He expressed confidence that the country will be completely free from the menace of Naxalism before the next DGP/ IGP conference.
According to Shah, the country has been facing the problem of Naxalism for the last 40 years.
He said that the Modi government has provided permanent solutions to the three hotspots which had become a festering wound for the nation — Naxalism, the North-East, and Jammu & Kashmir, and added that soon these regions will become like the rest of the country.
Home Minister also said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been strengthened during the Modi government, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) has been made more robust.
He further said that once the three New Criminal Laws are fully implemented, policing in India will become the most modern in the world.
Shah reiterated that a 360-degree attack on narcotics and organised crime should be launched, and such a system must be built that drug traffickers and criminals do not get even an inch of space in the nation.
He said the time has now come for state police forces to work together with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and strike hard at narcotics gangs operating at the state, national and international levels, and put their masterminds behind bars.
