‘Terror-Free J&K Is Our Goal’: HM Amit Shah
Home Minister calls for mission-mode counter-terror operations to sustain gains after Article 370 abrogation
- Amit Shah chaired a high-level security review on Jammu and Kashmir
- Government committed to lasting peace and terror-free J&K
- CT operations and terror-financing crackdown to continue in mission mode
- Security agencies lauded for crippling terror ecosystem
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 8th Jan: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, reaffirming the Government of India’s commitment to establish lasting peace in the Union Territory and to completely eliminate terrorism.
The meeting was attended by Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of J&K, heads of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and other senior officials.
Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism and has undertaken sustained and coordinated efforts to dismantle the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir. He noted that these efforts have significantly weakened terrorist networks and their support systems in the region.
Appreciating the security forces for strengthening the overall security scenario in J&K, the Home Minister directed that Counter Terror (CT) operations targeting terrorist infrastructure and terror financing must continue in a mission mode.
He further instructed all security agencies to remain alert and work in close coordination to ensure that the gains achieved after the abrogation of Article 370 are sustained. Emphasising the government’s resolve to achieve the goal of a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest, Shah assured that all necessary resources would be made available to security agencies in this endeavour.
