SRINAGAR: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been a 34% decrease in militant activities, a 64% decrease in the death of security forces and a 90% fall in civilian deaths when compared with 37 months before and after August 5, 2019, when Article 370 was revoked.
He was addressing a 2-day conference ‘Chintan Shivir’ at Surajkund, Haryana and among others, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also attended it on Thursday.
Chief Ministers of the States, Home Ministers of States, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories are participating in the Chintan Shivir.
He said today the nature of crimes is changing and they are becoming borderless, that is why all States will have to battle these by having a common strategy. To formulate and implement this common strategy, the Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under the spirit of ‘Cooperative Federalism’, ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Team India’ approach is promoting the 3C’s, that is Cooperation, Coordination, Collaboration between the Centre and the States.
The Union Home Minister said that the areas affected by Left Wing Extremism, Jammu and Kashmir and the North East, which were once hot spots of violence and unrest, are now becoming hot spots of development.
He said the security situation in the North East has improved significantly in the last eight years and since 2014 there has been a 74 percent reduction in insurgency incidents, 60 percent in casualties amongst security forces and about 90 percent in civilian casualties. Apart from this, efforts have been made to establish lasting peace in the region by signing of agreements with the NLFT, Bodo, Bru, Karbi Anglong under which more than 9,000 militants have surrendered.
He said with the restoration of peace in the North East, AFSPA has been withdrawn from more than 60 percent areas.
Shah said after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, a new beginning of peace and progress has begun there.
He said compared to 37 months before August 5, 2019, there has been a 34 percent reduction in militant incidents and 54 percent reduction in deaths amongst security forces in the 37 months after August 5, 2019.
He added that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has followed a zero tolerance policy against militancy and the NIA and other agencies are being strengthened to achieve a decisive victory over it.
Shah informed that before 2024, efforts are being made to set up an anti-militant network by setting up NIA branch in all the states. Shri Shah said that to achieve a decisive victory in the fight against militancy, the legal framework is being strengthened, under which provision has been made to declare individual militants by amending the NIA and UAPA laws.
Shah also highlighted the government’s zero tolerance policy against militancy. He said the NIA and other agencies were being strengthened to achieve a decisive victory over it.
Shah informed that before 2024, efforts were being made to set up an anti-terror network by setting up an NIA branch in all the states.
He said the nature of crimes is changing and they were becoming borderless, which is why all the states will have to battle these by having a “common strategy”.
