Union Home Minister Amit Shah is at Manesar to attend the 41st Raising Day of the National Security Guard (NSG) on Tuesday. The Union Home Minister, while addressing the public, said that the centre has taken a series of steps to ensure protection from terrorist threats. Amit Shah also hailed the amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the definition of “terrorism” in three new criminal laws.
While addressing a gathering at the 41st Raising Day of the National Security Guard (NSG) in Manesar, Shah also stated that the centre has banned groups such as the Popular Front of India (PFI) and has also enhanced investigative techniques to prevent terror funding.
Amit Shah, on Friday, while emphasising the zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, said that, “Under PM Modi`s leadership, our country has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. Since 2019, we have been taking steps one after another to protect the country from terrorist threats. We amended the UAPA, amended the NIA Act, activated the PMLA and the ED to investigate the funding of terror groups, established a system for scientific investigation of terror funding, banned PFI, strengthened MAC, and initiated the sharing of national data with investigative agencies across the country through CCTV and Netgrid,” as cited by news agency ANI.
The Union Home Minister also emphasised that the three new criminal laws introduced in 2023 defined “terrorism” for the first time. He said that the centre has declared over 57 individuals and various organisations as terrorists, banning their activities across the nation.
He added that from the abrogation of Article 370 to the surgical strike carried out by the armed forces to Operation Sindoor, the country under the NDA government has managed to hit a sensitive spot of the terrorists.
The Union Home Minister, while hailing the three new laws, also asserted that, “For the first time, we have defined terrorism in three new criminal laws and filled the loopholes previously found in the courts. So far, we have declared more than 57 individuals and numerous organisations as terrorist organisations and have successfully banned their activities. If we look at this entire campaign carefully, from abolishing Article 370 to the surgical strike, air strike and Operation Sindoor, we have hit their sensitive spot,” as cited by news agency ANI.
(With inputs from ANI)