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 Prime Minister says that left-wing extremism is the
greatest internal security threat. Even though there has been marked decline in terror
incidents in 2008 and 2009 in Jammu and Kashmir, infiltration
levels have shown an increase. Several states are affected by the naxalism they are also dividing our society on regional and communal lines.
Today,
Maoists blew up railway
tracks near Rajla station on
Jhaja-Jasidih section of East Central Railway in Bihar's Jamui
district, officials said.
Several trains have already been cancelled on the route because of the 72-hour bandh called by the Naxals in four states -- Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal to protest the
proposed 'Operation Green Hunt' to be launched by Centre
against them.
at Chief Ministers'
Conference on Internal Security in which
issues of terrorism, naxalism, insurgency and modernisation of
police and intelligence infrastructure is being discussed .
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said “hostile groups and elements operate from across the
border to perpetrate terrorism and Jammu and Kashmir faces the
brunt of this, currency notes are being printed and smuggled into
the country from across the border and there is a need for
coordinated efforts between states and the Centre to tackle
the menace,.”
Emphasizing that law and order and police being a state
subject it is the primary responsibility of states to
strengthen the police forces
"The first duty of the government is to provide security
to its people without which no development is possible," he
said.
Chidambaram said, "A lot more needs to be done by the
states on their own as the requirement (police modernisation)
is huge. There is a need for the states to quickly recruit
sufficient number of policemen to fill-up the existing
vacancies and bring about the desired expansion of their
forces." Under the plan of modernisation
of police force, the Centre has taken major steps to equip its
paramilitary forces with new weapons and equipment and would
continue to do so. But a lot more needs to done.
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Updated :
Sunday, 07 Feb 2010, 11:16 [IST] |
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