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| J&K terrorists receive aid from across LoC | | Pakistan hasn't dismantled terrorist training camps: Patil | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 23: Union Minister of Home Affairs, Shivraj Patil, on Wednesday came down heavily on Pakistan for its unwillingness to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil. Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, Patil claimed, is still providing guidance and logistical support to terrorist outfits like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which have been active on Indian soil.
The Home Minister made it abundantly clear in the Rajya Sabha that information about the existence of terrorist training camps was passed on to Islamabad during the Home Secretary-level talks betwen the two countries. But the government of India had not received any information on dismantling of terrorist training camps, Patgil said in reply to supplementaries during Question Hour. He regretted: "Results have not been satisfactory".
The Home Minister said: "Available inputs indicate Pakistan's ISI continues to remunerate terrorists for attacks on security forces and political leaders. The serial grenade attacks on April 14 and July 11, 2006 in Srinagar city and killing of tourists are reportedly the result of directives by the terrorist outfits from across the border". The Rajya Sabha was also informed that ISI continues to provide support including recruitment, arms training and funds to militant outfits like Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badr for terrorism-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
This, despite the government's peace initiatives and Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's invitation to separatist leaders for two round table conferences. Shivraj Patil said that the list of India's most wanted was also discussed at the Home Secretary-level talks but no action had been taken. "We have given documents pointing out to places where training is imparted to terrorists," he said adding Pakistan was in a denial mode.
At a time when Pakistan's ruling establishment has begun to pressurize New Delhi to re-activate the stalled dialogue, Shivraj Patil said that India had conveyed to Pakistan that talks can be sustained if it takes action on dismantling the infrastructure of terrorism, including training camps, launch pads and communication links between terrorist groups on the Indian side and their handlers on the Pakistan side. Patil ruled out any extreme action against Pakistan in the wake of recent spurt in terrorist activities, saying that as a mature democracy, India would rather try to resolve the tension with the neighbour than escalate it. He said that the government was taking all these matters very strongly with Pakistan and at the same time, trying not to escalate the tension between the two countries.
In his reply to another question, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal, said that the government "is committed" towards providing security to its citizens, including Kashmiri Pandits. Further elaborating on the security aspect Jaiswal said that the Jammu and Kashmir government had assured complete security to the Panun Kashmir, an organisation of Kashmir Pandits for the 'Mahashradh' ceremony, besides other religious functions like the Kheer Bhawani fair and the annual Amarnath Yatra. |
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