Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said all-round development and welfare of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is the top priority of the Narendra Modi government. In a three-hour-long meeting with top national security officials, he reiterated that there should be zero tolerance towards terrorism in the union territory.
Shah said that no complacency should be shown as far as dealing with terrorists and terror groups are concerned. The meeting, attended by top officials, including NSA Ajit Doval, CRPF DG Kuldeep Singh, R&AW chief Samant Kumar Goel, IB chief Arvind Kumar and Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, was held to review development projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
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“The Home Minister said no complacency should be shown in dealing with terrorism,” an official aware of the proceedings of the security review meeting told News18.
There was a widespread speculation that security matter related to this year’s Amarnath Yatra was also on the discussion table, but, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said any decision on the matter is yet to be taken. “It is important to save lives,” he said when asked about the annual pilgrimage yatra in a reference to ongoing Covid-19 situation. It is to be noted here that the yatra was made symbolic last year due to the pandemic.