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Leave law and order to states: Vohra
Jammu, June 15: Maintaining law and order should be left to states alone and the use of central para-military forces should be minimum, says N N Vohra, Centre`s interlocutor on Kashmir.
Jammu, June 15: Maintaining law and order should be left to states alone and the use of central para-military forces should be minimum, says N N Vohra, Centre's interlocutor on Kashmir.
"I am of the opinion that the Centre should leave law and
order to states alone and the use of central para-military
forces should to minimum," Vohra, a former Union home
secretary, said delivering the fifth Brigadier Rajinder Singh
memorial lecture here last evening.
But at the same time, a comprehensive strategy needs to be formulated and executed with coordination between the Centre and states to effectively safeguard national security, he said.
Vohra, who met a cross-section of people during his week-long visit here as part of the dialogue process initiated by the Centre on Kashmir, said states should only use their police apparatus for maintaining law and order.
"In this direction, they should improve the working of their own police forces," he said.
Vohra, who retired as Union defence secretary, said internal security was linked to external security and it would be dangerous to deal with them separately.
The most urgent step needed to be taken by states was to depoliticise the functioning of their police organizations and to strengthen their intelligence wings.
He referred to deployment of central forces and army for internal security in militancy-hit areas and said there had been an unending demand for this by states.
Bureau Report
But at the same time, a comprehensive strategy needs to be formulated and executed with coordination between the Centre and states to effectively safeguard national security, he said.
Vohra, who met a cross-section of people during his week-long visit here as part of the dialogue process initiated by the Centre on Kashmir, said states should only use their police apparatus for maintaining law and order.
"In this direction, they should improve the working of their own police forces," he said.
Vohra, who retired as Union defence secretary, said internal security was linked to external security and it would be dangerous to deal with them separately.
The most urgent step needed to be taken by states was to depoliticise the functioning of their police organizations and to strengthen their intelligence wings.
He referred to deployment of central forces and army for internal security in militancy-hit areas and said there had been an unending demand for this by states.
Bureau Report