New Delhi, Nov 28: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah, on Friday, said that Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast had been given a permanent solution by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Inaugurating the three-day 60th DGPs and IGPs Conference in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the Union Home Minister, in his address, said that the PM Modi-led government had provided permanent solutions to the three hotspots which had become a festering wound for the nation – Naxalism, the northeast, and Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the country had been facing the problem of Naxalism for the last 40 years and that very soon J&K and the North-East regions would become like the rest of the country.
Shah said that under the leadership of PM Modi, the DGPs and IGsP Conference had 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 PM Modi-led government for the complete elimination of Naxalism, he said that in the last seven years, the Centre had strengthened the security grid by constructing 586 fortified police stations.
The Home Minister said that as a result, the number of Naxal-affected districts had come down from 126 in 2014 to just 11 today.
He expressed confidence that the country would be completely free from the menace of Naxalism before the next DGPs and IGPs Conference.
Highlighting the achievements of the PM Modi-led government, Shah said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had been strengthened, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) had been made more robust, three New Criminal Laws had been introduced, and strong laws had been enacted against narcotics and fugitive offenders.
He said that once the three New Criminal Laws are fully implemented, policing in India would become the most modern in the world.
Referring to the PM Modi-led government’s action against terrorism and extremism, the Home Minister said that after the Centre banned the Popular Front of India (PFI), nationwide raids were conducted on their hideouts and arrests were made, which was an outstanding example of Centre-State coordination.
He said that security forces and Police were delivering strong blows to extremism, radicalisation and narcotics by focusing on three key aspects: accuracy of intelligence, clarity of objectives, and synergy in action.
“We must launch a 360-degree attack on narcotics and organised crime and build such a system that drug traffickers and criminals do not get even an inch of space in this country,” Shah said.
He said that the time had now come for state Police forces to work together with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and strike hard at narcotics gangs operating at state, national and international levels, and put their masterminds behind bars.
