Security Situation Improved in NE, J&K, LWE Areas in Last 8 Years: Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home minister Amit Shah on Friday mentioned the safety state of affairs in the insurgency-hit areas of the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir in addition to in the states affected by Naxal violence has improved during the last eight years of the Narendra Modi authorities. Shah mentioned this whereas addressing prime police and paramilitary commanders on the National Police Memorial in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri on the event of the National Police Commemoration Day.

“In the northeast, we have removed the special powers given to the armed forces (under the AFSPA) and instead, given special powers to the youngsters there, resulting in a decline of violence in these areas by more than 70 per cent,” he mentioned. The state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir is such that those that used to hurl stones at safety personnel earlier have now turn out to be “panches” and “sarpanches”, Shah added.

In the states affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), the nationwide anthem is being sung in Eklavya faculties whereas the nationwide flag flutters on these buildings, he added. Shah mentioned India is continuing on the trail of improvement because of the sacrifices made by the police and paramilitary personnel throughout the nation.

Paying his tributes to those personnel, he mentioned they performed a number one position throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Police Commemoration Day is noticed in the reminiscence of 10 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who had been killed on this present day in 1959 in an ambush by Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Hot Spring space.

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