>>Discusses security roadmap for 2025
>>Directs executing ‘zero terror’ plan in mission mode
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review security in Jammu and Kashmir, with a detailed discussion on the roadmap for 2025, sources said.
This was the first meeting Amit Shah chaired after the 2024 assembly elections and the formation of a popular government led by Omar Abdullah.
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, National Investigation Agency Director General Sadanand Date, BSF Chief Daljeet Singh Chawdhary, J&K Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, J&K Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat, ADGP Law & Order Vijay Kumar and ADGP CID Nitish Kumar also attended the meeting.
Amit Shah said that the unprecedented participation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the Assembly elections and Lok Sabha elections shows that they have full faith in the democracy of the country.
Union Home Minister appreciated efforts of the security agencies for a significant decline in terrorist incidents, infiltration and recruitment of youth in terrorist organizations.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that due to the sustained and coordinated efforts of the Modi Government, the eco-system of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir has almost ended.
He directed all security agencies to continue working in a coordinated manner to eliminate terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah emphasized on the implementation of Area Domination Plan and Zero Terror Plan in mission mode.
Sources said Amit Shah took a threadbare review of the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly about recent terror attacks in the Union Territory.
They said that the home minister also had a detailed discussion over the security roadmap for 2025, and the undetected infiltrations reported along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. “Security agencies operating on the ground gave a detailed overview of the new challenges ahead of the new year,” they said.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, who heads the Unified Command (UHQ), represented various stakeholders operating in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block, Delhi.
This was the first security review meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah after the assembly elections and formation of Omar Abdullah-led popular government. Earlier, similar meeting was chaired by Amit Shah in June this year.
The meeting also came in the backdrop of sporadic terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir over the past few months. In October this year seven people, including a doctor were killed in a terror attack on a construction site in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Prior to that, there have been several terror incidents in which outside labourers were targeted.
The meeting, sources said, took note of these incidents and measures to be taken on how to stop such incidents in the future.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, declared the government’s unwavering commitment to achieving a goal of “terror-free Jammu and Kashmir” at the earliest, and assured that all necessary resources would be provided to meet this goal, aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “zero tolerance policy.”
He highlighted the importance of executing the “area domination plan” and “zero terror plan” in “mission mode” to ensure the complete eradication of terrorism from the region.
Addressing the high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said that “in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Zero Tolerance Policy against terrorism, we will achieve the goal of ‘Terror Free Jammu and Kashmir’ at the earliest and all resources will be made available for this.” (With inputs from agencies)
