65% fall in incidents of terrorism, LWE, insurgency in Northeast, says Amit Shah
Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.He also asserted that the country's «three hotspots — LWE (Left Wing Extremism-hit states), the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir — are becoming peaceful.»
The Narendra Modi government has made strict laws while maintaining a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, the home minister told a gathering after paying homage to martyrs on Police Commemoration Day at the National Police Memorial here.
The government has also worked towards making the best anti-terrorism force in the world by setting up the «Police Technology Mission» for modernisation of the police force, he said.
Shah said that the Modi government has introduced three Bills in Parliament for a comprehensive overhaul of the criminal justice system. The three legislations will replace 150-year-old laws and guarantee all due Constitutional rights to every citizen, the minister said and added that the proposed laws will also reflect Indianness.
«There has been a 65 per cent fall in terror, Left Wing Extremism and insurgency incidents in the Northeast, thanks to the efforts and achievements of police personnel,» Shah said.
He said be it fighting terrorists, preventing crime, maintaining law and order in front of huge crowds or protecting people by acting as a shield during disasters, police personnel have proved themselves in all situations.
Referring to the role played by police personnel in a disaster, he said that in the past, through the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force), personnel of different police forces have earned a name across the world in disaster management.
«No matter how big the disaster is, when NDRF personnel reach there, people get
