Gear up to fight terror, Naxalism: PM to states

Admitting that the past responses to deal with terrorism and Naxalism have been "inadequate", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked the states to Marshal all their resources to meet the threats which are of "different intensity, magnitude, scale and scope".

New Delhi, July 20: Admitting that the past responses to deal with terrorism and Naxalism have been "inadequate", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked the states to Marshal all their resources to meet the threats which are of
"different intensity, magnitude, scale and scope".

With serial blasts in Mumbai and Kashmir fresh in his
mind, the Prime Minister told the chief secretaries of states
and union territories at a meeting that these incidents have
brought out the extent of penetration of terrorist elements.

"We cannot allow them to succeed and get away with their
crimes," he said, adding "we need to gear ourselves up to meet
these challenges. Business cannot be carried on as usual. We
must recognise that past responses are inadequate in dealing
with these problems which are of a different intensity,
magnitude, scale and scope".

He noted that he had said in the past Naxalism is
"probably the single biggest challenge" to the country`s
internal security.

Singh said these threats have to be met firmly, with
determination and with a will to destroy them. "You will have
to empower your police forces to be able to discharge their
functions at higher levels of efficiency".

In the meeting, the Prime Minister also dwelt on issues
of good governance, red tape, right to information and
implementation of development programmes.

Bureau Report

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