Make co-ordinated effort

There is urgent need of a strong co-ordination between Centre and states to defeat the evil design of terrorists and left extremists on the country. Both terrorism and naxalism are the greatest threat to India. Though terror attacks in between 2008 and 09 have come down, the infiltration attempts have risen alarmingly. To stop infiltration of terrorists from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir can only be stopped by the co-ordinated efforts of security and intelligence agencies. These two agencies also need urgently to increase their vigil on border in the wake of the meeting of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hijbul Mujahidden to grab Jammu and Kashmir by force. We must stand united to defeat their evil design at all costs. The conference of Chief Ministers has shown that the facade of unity and purpose with the Centre is to thwart the evil design of terror outfits based in Pakistan. The state of Jammu and Kashmir has borne the brunt of Pak-sponsored terrorism most. Prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh while inagurating the CMs’ conference outlined the danger lurking on the country of terrorism and left extremism. To fight terrorism and naxalism to finish, we also need to strengthen our police force in the states. While terrorism poses external, naxalism poses greatest internal threat. Prime Minister Dr. Singh has rightly said that there is need to take caliberated action so that the tribal population in the naxalite-affected states must not feel alienated. Security forces and intelligence agaencies need to be always vigilant to crush the terror elements exported into the country from across the border. A serious campaign of development should be lauched in all naxal-affected states of the country. Neither the Centre not the states on their own can fight successfuly against terrorism and left extremism. Home Minister P Chidamram has rightly advised the naxal-affected states to initiate talks with them if the naxalites abjure violence. By carrying out violence, naxalism can never achieve their design. Centre must provide all possibe help to the naxal-affected states to deal with problem. Though it is good that the CMs of all the states refrained from playing politics and expressed solidary with Centre to fight against terror and left wing extremists unitedly, it needs to be ensured that politics never comes in achieving national gaol. It is because of differences of political ideology between the ruling party at the Centre and some states that thelater become complacent to implement former’s programme and policy to wipe out left extremism.