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Pak-based outfits helped by disgruntled elements: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Sep 14 (PTI) Pakistan-based groups like
Lashker-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are continuing to plot
terror attacks against India where they are finding support
from disgruntled elements, India Home Minister P Chidambaram
warned Monday while describing Mumbai attacks as a "game
changer".
This is perhaps for the first time that the Home Minister
has publicly spoken about Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) getting help from disgruntled elements
in the country.
He also said that there were attempts from across the
border to forge unity among separatists in Jammu and Kashmir
and escalate violence.
"Terrorist groups including LeT and JeM persist in their
endeavour to launch terror attacks. They continue to innovate
new ways and means of deniability. They find support among
disgruntled elements within India," Chidambaram said while
inaugurating a three-day conference of Directors General and
Inspectors General of police organised by Intelligence Bureau.
In some hard talk, Chidambaram described the Mumbai
attacks as a "game changer", saying "we can no longer afford
to do business as usual".
"Let me state our position clearly. On terrorism, our
stance is zero tolerance. We shall raise our level of
preparedness to fight any terror threat attack and, in the
case of threat or attack, our response will be swift and
decisive," he said.
Terming cross-border terrorism as a matter of deep
concern, Chidambaram said policing in India was always a
challenge and after "26/11, the challenge has become more
grave".
He said the security agencies have neutralised 13 terror
modules in the first six months of this year.
On the threat posed by Left-Wing extremism, he said
various groups were adhering to this "outdated ideology" and
had pockets of influence in 20 states with the banned CPI
(Maoist) remaining the most potent of the naxal groups. It has
a presence in 17 states and a 90 per cent share in naxal
violence.
In a bid to expand its network and influence, the
Maoists have been seeking alliances with North-East
insurgents, he said.
"It has been keenly seeking ideological resonance and
tactical understanding with the North-East insurgents and has
begun to lend support to their secessionist ideology and
demands," he said.
The Home Minister said "endemic insurgencies" in the
North-eastern states also posed a security challenge.
"The trend of gradual deterioration in security situation
during last several years seems to have been checked this year
with relative decline in overall violence. Sharp shrinkages in
social resonance has rendered the ULFA a much weaker
organisation," he said.
Chidambaram expressed concern over the situation in
Manipur but said insurgencies have been contained in Meghalaya
and Tripura. PTI SKL
DDC
Lashker-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are continuing to plot
terror attacks against India where they are finding support
from disgruntled elements, India Home Minister P Chidambaram
warned Monday while describing Mumbai attacks as a "game
changer".
This is perhaps for the first time that the Home Minister
has publicly spoken about Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) getting help from disgruntled elements
in the country.
He also said that there were attempts from across the
border to forge unity among separatists in Jammu and Kashmir
and escalate violence.
"Terrorist groups including LeT and JeM persist in their
endeavour to launch terror attacks. They continue to innovate
new ways and means of deniability. They find support among
disgruntled elements within India," Chidambaram said while
inaugurating a three-day conference of Directors General and
Inspectors General of police organised by Intelligence Bureau.
In some hard talk, Chidambaram described the Mumbai
attacks as a "game changer", saying "we can no longer afford
to do business as usual".
"Let me state our position clearly. On terrorism, our
stance is zero tolerance. We shall raise our level of
preparedness to fight any terror threat attack and, in the
case of threat or attack, our response will be swift and
decisive," he said.
Terming cross-border terrorism as a matter of deep
concern, Chidambaram said policing in India was always a
challenge and after "26/11, the challenge has become more
grave".
He said the security agencies have neutralised 13 terror
modules in the first six months of this year.
On the threat posed by Left-Wing extremism, he said
various groups were adhering to this "outdated ideology" and
had pockets of influence in 20 states with the banned CPI
(Maoist) remaining the most potent of the naxal groups. It has
a presence in 17 states and a 90 per cent share in naxal
violence.
In a bid to expand its network and influence, the
Maoists have been seeking alliances with North-East
insurgents, he said.
"It has been keenly seeking ideological resonance and
tactical understanding with the North-East insurgents and has
begun to lend support to their secessionist ideology and
demands," he said.
The Home Minister said "endemic insurgencies" in the
North-eastern states also posed a security challenge.
"The trend of gradual deterioration in security situation
during last several years seems to have been checked this year
with relative decline in overall violence. Sharp shrinkages in
social resonance has rendered the ULFA a much weaker
organisation," he said.
Chidambaram expressed concern over the situation in
Manipur but said insurgencies have been contained in Meghalaya
and Tripura. PTI SKL
DDC
