Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will on Saturday address a chief ministers' conference convened to discuss national security scenario in the light of the September 11 terror strikes in the US and ways to re-shape India's fight against Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism. Special significance is being attached to the deliberations on national security situation at the meet which is scheduled to examine the implications of the new dimension of terrorism following the attacks in New York and Washington.
The conference, which would discuss unconventional terrorist activity including use of weapons of mass destruction--nuclear, biological and chemical, would take stock of the impact of emerging global consensus against international terrorism in India's immediate neighbour, a home ministry spokesman said Thursday.
It would also examine how to re-shape our on-going fight against terrorism being sponsored by Pakistan from across the border, he said. This will be the second chief ministers' conference to be addressed by Vajpayee, the first being held on August five, this year.
Good governance coupled with all-round development would also engage the attention of the conference in a considerable measure, he said.
Bureau Report