Good governance key to beef-up country’s internal security: Sambit Patra , BJP Leader

ASHISH TIWARI

Good governance is important for internal security and maintaining peace in the country and to achieve this it is essential to eradicate corruption from the procurement of security systems, said Mr. Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata Party, here today at the 9th edition of Homeland Security conference organized by FICCI in association with Vivekananda International Foundation on the theme‘Modernisation of India’s Internal Security Mechanism’.

Speaking on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA), which has been under the scanner for long, Mr. Patra said that there have been suggestions of removing AFSPA from areas which have been showing signs of peace and tranquility. However, in the past there have been incidences when after the removal of AFSPA, anti-social elements utilized these areas for re-grouping and creating nuisance.

Highlighting various initiatives of the Government of India undertaken to augment India’s security, Mr. Patra said that the policy for national security clearance for certain sensitive sectors of the economy, which codifies all existing practices was one of the major steps of the government. The new policy aimed at bringing about a healthy balance between meeting the imperatives of national security and facilitating ease of doing business and promoting investment in the country.

Besides, he added that the government had formulated a framework to counter the threat of extremists who foment and resort to violent activities from within India. Addressing the rise of Left-wing extremism in the country, Mr. Patra said that an action-plan had been developed which is a multi-pronged approach to deal with it and as a result incidences of violence owing to Left-wing extremism has come down.