TIA NEWS /New Delhi
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has said that the central government has “not learnt any lesson from the Pathankot attack” and recommended that there remains an urgent need to further strengthen the Security network in the country.
The Committee headed by former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram which also comprises Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), Derek O’ Brien (Trinamool), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Congress) and Prem Singh Chandumajra (Akali Dal) said that the government ought to “plug the serious gaps in security establishment and intelligence gathering or sharing that have come to the fore in the recent (terror) attacks”.
Despite several steps reportedly taken by the government to strengthen the security measures, it has comprehensively failed to prevent recurrence of such attacks that took place at Pampore, Uri, Baramula, Handwara and Nagrota.
The Committee observes that the Government has not learnt any lesson from the Pathankot attack,” it said.
The report presented in both Houses of Parliament, said that it “does not share” the perception of the Ministry of Home Affairs that overall internal security scenario remained under control during 2016.