All nations have to decide on a single definition of terrorism, as there could not be good terrorism or bad terrorism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday.
The Union Home Minister was speaking on ‘Security Beyond Tomorrow: Forging India’s Resilient Future’ at the event organised by ORF.
On this occasion, he also launched the ORF Foreign Policy Survey.
“Jammu and Kashmir, Left Wing Extremism and North East were the three main hotspots of terrorism in the country. The Narendra Modi government has made a major crackdown on these three identified hotspots of terrorism in the country. And we have successfully achieved it,” he said.
These hotspots were disturbing peace in the country for 35 years but after Narendra Modi government came into the power in 2014, there has been a significant downfall in cases of terrorism,” he said.
“We have asked other nations to define a single definition of terrorism, as there could not be good terrorism or bad terrorism,” he added.
There has been a 65 per cent fall in incidents of terrorism, Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast. The government has made strict laws while maintaining a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, he said.
The three legislations will replace 160-year-old laws and guarantee all due Constitutional rights to every citizen. People might not agree with the new system, but after its implementation it will be the world’s best criminal justice system and it will ensure justice gets delivered within three years, he added.
India wants to maintain friendship with the whole world, but not compromise with the security of the country and its citizens, said Shah. From the time of independence until 2014, India had no policy for internal security, and even if there was one, it was buried under the burden of India’s foreign policy, he said.
Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s foreign policy has also become clear.
“We want to maintain friendship with the whole world, but we will not compromise with the security of the country and its citizens. Modi ji has presented the country’s internal and external security policy to the world with thrust, and the world has also respected our rights,” he said.
He further said that if a country’s borders are not secure, the country cannot remain safe because the security of the border is national security.
“We have worked to ensure the security of the borders through border security, border-to-border and people-to-people connectivity, and multidimensional and integrated policies,” he said.
He said that under the Vibrant Village Programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instilled confidence in the people by calling the village, which was considered to be the last village of the country, the first village of the country. In the last two years, work has been done to achieve 100 per cent saturation of 300 government schemes in 6,000 border villages.
