Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has said that there should be a national campaign to eradicate terrorism from the country. Addressing a national seminar on ‘Fight against terrorism’ on Wednesday, he also stated that since the terrorist groups are using ultra modern technology, the security agencies too should be armed with modern weaponry.
According to him, all political parties should declare terrorism a menace and fight together to combat it. “Terrorism is a national issue and can be fought only with unity of mind. All political parties should come together and declare it as a menace for the nation. Like the way they came together in support of the Women’s Bill, they should come together to eradicate terrorism,” said Kalam.
Besides Kalam, the others who were present at the seminar at NCPA were governor K Sankaranarayanan, DGP AN Roy, Mumbai police commissioner D Sivanandhan, retired director of Intelligence Bureau Shyamal Datta, National Maritime Foundation and Strategic Analyst director Uday Bhaskar and veteran journalist MJ Akbar.
Emphasising that there should be an aggressive national campaign for eradication of terrorism, the former president said: “Security agencies should be more alert and a national campaign should be started to tackle the menace, as terrorism is hampering the progress of the nation.”
Kalam also appealed to the public, especially the youth, to be more vigilant and inform the police about any suspicious happenings. He discussed various other aspects which are very crucial to eradicate terrorism.
These included an accelerated judicial process to ensure that the perpetrators of terrorism are strictly punished in a time-bound manner without losing a sense of justice, creating national identity cards for every citizen and also upgrading of weaponry.
Roy said that public participation would play a vital role in eradication of terrorism.
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