Terrorism Taking the Indian Goverment to the Ransom
Uploaded by anoopuni_rml on Sep 11, 2008
Can we ever think of a society free of violence? Can the government ensure a peaceful society? What are the goals that the perpetrators of terror activities seek to achieve? Are we losing the war against jihad-is?
These are some of the issues that come out of the in-depth discussion on the terrorism.
In a layman’s language, terrorism is a sort of violence that is aimed to achieve some goal. These goals are generally those, which the government denies to the perpetrators of the terror activities. These monstrous activities have been ramped up in the recent weeks, in India. This calls for a strident response on the part of the government. Terrorism is more awful than the war. When there are the indications of war, we have the room for the tackle mechanisms. But the terror attacks leave no room for such mechanisms. Moreover the response of the Indian government has been not to the extent that it can be ensured that such activities are the past story.
UPA no better than the NDA.
The UPA government is always set to criticize the terror attacks that occurred during the NDA regime. But the estimates, from the Washington-based National Counter-Terrorism Centre, discern that the lives lost to the terror attacks in India in last four and half years have crossed 5000.
The recent incidents that occurred in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Samjhauta Express, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and the like have overshadowed the memory of Kandhar hijack, Akshardham, Parliament attacks. The UPA can no longer use the arguments that the NDA regime was worse, as these arguments come with use-by-dates. Government can, use these arguments during the time of election.
After the UPA won the trust vote, despite the it was bruised by the accusations of giving payoffs to the BJP MPs, it got down to the major reforms. Although the UPA might have shaken off the trust vote dilemma, a major responsibility of ensuring a counter terror mechanism has still to be observed.
Naxalism and loopholes in the government’s policy.
The government might consider naxalism as a kind of sinister happenings in some faraway places that are out of sight and out of mind. But it is to be observed that the internal security has never in the history of insurgencies has lost so many lives. If we go over the five decade history of insurgencies, it becomes obvious that the 38 lives lost in the...