The Vice-President said in recent years, terrorist incidents have increased world over and some of the attacks have occurred at places which never experienced such events and perhaps least expected them.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged the world community to isolate states that sponsored terrorism and claimed that Pakistan was encouraging cross border terrorism against neighbours as a state policy.
"Our neighbour has made a state policy to aid, fund and train terrorists," Naidu said in his address at the 33rd raising day of the National Security Guard (NSG) at the Manesar in Haryana.
The Vice-President said in recent years, terrorist incidents have increased world over and some of the attacks have occurred at places which never experienced such events and perhaps least expected them. He further said, "You are all aware that India has been facing terrorists menace for the past three decades. We have always given a befitting reply to such anti-national elements."
Naidu further pointed out that there has been a paradigm shift in the modus operandi of our adversaries, wherein the threat is not limited only to border areas, but has manifested in the hinterland also. "This requires constant reviewing and enhancement of our operational capabilities," he said.
Also, he expressed that there is nothing like good terrorists and bad terrorists and terrorism knows no religion or boundaries.
"It is indeed ironical that as mankind progresses with the aid of technology, terrorists too come up with ways of using it for destroying lives and liberty of the people. The lone wolf attacks and the use of vehicles to mow down people in London, Barcelona and France reflect the need for mounting a heightened surveillance in public places to prevent recurrence of such incidents," he said.
Lauding NSG's contribution to destabilising the terror attacks, he said the agency has taken giant strides not only in ensuring its own progress but also carrying out capacity building, especially of state police forces. "This will ensure a synergised national response, to terrorism in our country. Other forces have also immensely benefited from your Specialised Counter terror tactics, Bomb disposal techniques and from your K9 capabilities," he said.
He added that NSG has successfully handled several terrorist and hijack situations. "The country will always remember NSG's defining role in Akshardham, Mumbai and Pathankot attacks," he said
Proposal pending
The United Nations should see “the conclusion of a comprehensive convention on suppression of international terrorism, regarding which a proposal had been made by India in 1996 and is still pending.
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