Fight against terror, infiltration, religious tension to continue: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday reiterated that the fight against terrorism, infiltration and conspiracy to create religious tension will continue even though the country established relative peace in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and Naxal-affected areas.
Addressing an event here on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, the home minister said the sacrifice of police martyrs will not go in vain and the country will definitely become a fully developed nation by 2047.
“In the last 10 years, relative peace had been established in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeastern region and LWE-affected areas. However, our fight is not over. We will continue to fight against emerging threats like drones, narcotics trade, cybercrime, attempts to spread unrest through Artificial Intelligence (AI), conspiracies to incite religious sentiments, infiltration, smuggling of illegal weapons and terrorism which are the challenges we face now,” he said.
The home minister said since independence, 36,438 police personnel have laid down their lives for the safety and security of the country, with 216 of them during the last year.
He said the country will remain forever grateful for their sacrifice in the country’s development journey. “I want to assure the family members of the martyrs that their sacrifice will not go in vain. The country will remain safe and achieve its goal despite any challenge which may come in the way and India will definitely become a developed nation by 2047,” he said.
Stressing on the steps taken for the welfare of police personnel, the home minister said police personnel and their family members can now avail treatment in any Ayushman hospital after the implementation of the ‘Ayushman CAPF' scheme.
To enhance the housing satisfaction of the CAPF personnel, he said approval has been given for the construction of 13,000 houses of which 11,276 will be ready by March next year.
On October 21, 1959, 10 policemen died in the line of duty during an ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops at the Hot Springs in Ladakh. Since then, October 21 has been observed as Police Commemoration Day to honour the martyrs and all other police personnel who died in the line of duty.