Meet on internal security

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will again try to hard sell the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC to the states at the meeting of Chief Ministers in New Delhi. Here are the highlights of his speech on the Chief Ministers meet on internal-security:

v     The meeting has been called in the aftermath of brutal attack on Congress workers in Chhattisgarh. Such violence has no place in democracy

v     Centre and states need to join hands to tackle this problem

v     I must point out that challenge of Naxalism has received our serious attention

v     A number of measure have been taken as our two-pronged approach

v     We have worked on the development of the Naxal affected areas. He have been successful to quite an extent

v     There has been a decrease in number of people who died due to Naxal violence and increase in Naxals who have surrendered

v     I hope state government will work effectively with the Centre to tackle this problem

v     2012 saw a significant improvement in security situation in J&K. Our attempt to stop infiltration has resulted in decrease in terrorist violence by 1/3 in comparison to 2011

v     The implementation of various infrastructure schemes is working well

v     The development of north-east region remains difficult due to insurgency. There has been progress in dialogue with insurgents and separatists groups

v     There has been an increase in communal and sectarian violence in 2012. Maintaining communal harmony is imperative

v     We have recently enacted several laws providing stringent punishment for crimes against women and children

v     The time has come now to see the challenges of terrorism, communal violence, insurgency in a holistic manner

v     I urge everyone to work together to effectively tackle these situations.

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