Union Minister Amit Shah said that there has been a 70 per cent reduction in terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and terror incidents have gone down significantly since the abrogation of Article 370.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday speaking in the Rajya Sabha said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought in a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism and crime and terror incidents have witnessed a significant reduction rate in the past years under the BJP-led Centre.
Replying to the discussion on the working of MHA, in Rajya Sabha, HM Amit Shah says, “In a way, the Home Ministry works under very difficult situation. The Constitution has given the responsibility of Law and Order to states. Border security and internal security come under MHA. This is a correct decision. And there is no need to make any changes to this. But when Law and Order is taken care of by states, after 76 years, there is now a situation when several kinds of crime do not remain limited to state borders, they are both inter-state as well as multi-state — like narcotics, cybercrime, organised crime gangs, hawala. All these crimes do not take place just within a state,” Amit Shah said.
“Several crimes are done in the country even from outside the country. So, keeping all this in view it becomes essential to make changes in MHA. I say this with pride that in 10 years, PM Narendra Modi made long overdue changes to the MHA at once to ensure national security,” he added.
Shah said that by abrogating Article 370, Modi govt fulfilled Constitution framers’ dream of ‘one Constitution, one flag’. “Cinema halls in Kashmir now remain open during evenings, G20 meeting happened, Muharram procession took place. Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast, left extremism were impeding country’s growth; 92,000 people lost lives,” he said.
He said that there has been a 70 per cent reduction in deaths due to terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and terror incidents have gone down significantly. ” I express my gratitude to thousands of State Police and central paramilitary force jawans who made the supreme sacrifice to strengthen the country’s internal security as well as borders,” Amit Shah said.
“40,000 govt jobs provided during 2019-24 in Jammu and Kashmir, 1.51 lakh self employment created, skilling clubs operational. Due to attractive industrial policy, Rs 12,000 cr investment on ground in Jammu and Kashmir, MoUs worth Rs 1.1 lakh cr signed,” Shah said.
