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UNION Home Minister Rajnath Singh today pitched for an aggressive strategy to quell Maoist rebels which should instill fear in them.
Addressing the review meeting in New Delhi on Left Wing Extremism, LWE situation, Mr Singh said, a unified coordination and command are needed to tackle the problem of LWE in the country.
He said, strategic unified command is also required at operational and tactical level besides intelligence sharing.
Highlighting the need for motivation and training for the security personnel, Mr Singh said, improvement in the training facilities and other facilities at the camps are required. He said, LWE cadres are constantly trying to inflict losses on security forces to boost the morale of their cadres and in this situation, there is a need to be more proactive rather than reacting after the occurrence of the incident.
He also called for choking the financial resources of the LWE cadres. Mr Singh said the states should take the ownership of LWE operations and CAPFs actively cooperate with them.
He said, the forces on the ground level should not lack leadership and unity of purpose and unity of action are essential for the success of operations.
Mr Singh said, smart Leadership full of self confidence should have a solid vision. He stressed on the use of UAVs, PTZ cameras, GPS tracking, Thermal imaging,
Radar and satellite images and other tools of information technology during operations. The Home Minister also offered the idea of SAMADHAN to counter the naxal problem.
In SAMADHAN, S stands for Smart Leadership, A- Aggressive Strategy, M-Motivation and Training, A- Actionable Intelligence, D-Dashboard Based Key Performance Indicators and Key Result Areas, H- Harnessing Technology, A- Action plan for each Theatre and N for No access to Financing.
Mr Singh He pitched for chalking out a specific action plan for each theatre with clearly defined short term, medium term and long term strategies.
The Home Minister said that the martyrdom of the security forces will not go in vain and the day is not far when the mindless violence will end.
The Chief Ministers of Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand attended the meeting, while West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh’s N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana’s K Chandrasekhar Rao and Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan were either represented by their home ministers or senior officials.
Later briefing media, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said, the Home Ministry will set up a committee to maintain coordination between Central Paramilitary Forces and State police forces in Left Wing Extremism affected states. He said, the Committee to be chaired by him will look into all issues related to tackling naxal menace. He said the meeting brought into the notice all issues that require urgent attention including vacancies in state police.
Replying to a query about the deployment of armed forces in anti naxal operations, he said there is no question of defence forces. He said CPF and State police personnel have been going for decades for training to the army. He also said demonetisation has choked the funds of naxalites therefore arms snatching incidents have increased recently.
The Home Secretary said the big take away from today’s meeting was reiteration that naxal menace will be wiped out from the country.