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Warning that serious challenges posed by Naxal violence, cross-border terrorism and religious fundamentalism continue to persist, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there is need for greater coordination and responses from the states to effectively deal with them.
Inaugurating the conference of chief ministers’ on internal security, Dr. Singh said there can be no let up in the government’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and communal violence.
”...we all need to be conscious of the fact that serious challenges and threats — primarily from left wing extremism, cross border terrorism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence — still persist,” he said.
The Prime Minister said as far as the left wing extremism was concerned, 2010 saw a decrease over the previous year in the number of incidents and causalities of security forces, though the number of causalities among civilians increased.
“Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand continue to be a cause for concern in view of the level of violence.
The problems in Orissa and Maharashtra are also quite serious,” he said.
Asking the chief ministers to consider increasing the number of joint operations by state police forces with the assistance of central forces, Dr. Singh said in the fight against the Maoists, there is a need to have a greater coordination of responses and resources between the central and state forces.
Inaugurating the conference of chief ministers’ on internal security, Dr. Singh said there can be no let up in the government’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and communal violence.
”...we all need to be conscious of the fact that serious challenges and threats — primarily from left wing extremism, cross border terrorism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence — still persist,” he said.
The Prime Minister said as far as the left wing extremism was concerned, 2010 saw a decrease over the previous year in the number of incidents and causalities of security forces, though the number of causalities among civilians increased.
“Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand continue to be a cause for concern in view of the level of violence.
The problems in Orissa and Maharashtra are also quite serious,” he said.
Asking the chief ministers to consider increasing the number of joint operations by state police forces with the assistance of central forces, Dr. Singh said in the fight against the Maoists, there is a need to have a greater coordination of responses and resources between the central and state forces.