New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the central government will bring a “national counter-terrorism policy and strategy” soon adding that a unified approach is required to fight “terrorism, terrorists and their ecosystem”.
He added that the government has come up with documents on model anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and model Special Task Force (STF) for the states and union territories, which, if adopted, will work as a common structure and platform to deal with the menace of terrorism.
“We need to work together to fight terrorism, terrorists and their ecosystem. And that’s why, we are bringing a new national counter-terrorism policy and strategy in which you all will play a key role,” Shah said while addressing the chiefs of police of states, senior security officers and central agencies at the inaugural session of two-day anti-terror conference-2024, organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Delhi.
Asserting that law and order is a state subject, Shah said “the new policy will help states and central agencies work in unison to deal with terrorism”. “To make India developed by 2047 as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we need to deal with all security challenges and have a unified terror-fighting ecosystem. This (adopting model ATS and STF) doesn’t reduce the rights of states,” he added.
