Book of Integration Council New - Ministry of Home Affairs

which were made and which were repealed like POTA, is not possible. There,
these laws go against the basic principles of criminals jurisprudence, the principles
which develop in our country, in other countries also, is not possible, but if
anybody is wanting to widen the definition of terrorism, it is possible. If some
such small amendments or big amendments which do not go against the
principles which we should follow to protect the human rights of the citizens of
the country are suggested, there should be no difficulty but I would not like to go
into the argument and details on this point. There were other points which were
mentioned about judicial inquiry and all those things on which the Government has
made its views clear in the sense that the first thing which we would like to do is
to see that no individual is unnecessarily harassed. We would like to see that no
innocent person is tortured. Now, if that happens that innocent person himself can
become a terrorist and this does not help, that is our intention. But if we come to
the conclusion that there is some person involved in some kind of activities,
naturally all of us would like to see that according to the provisions of the existing
laws, action is taken against him or proceedings are started against him. That is
our attitude. Now, we would like to be very correct, determined to control
terrorism, at the same time, determined to see that the human rights are not
violated, the innocent persons are not put in difficulties. Nor some sections of the
societies are branded as terrorists, that would be the worst thing to happen and
which would not help us in any manner to control the terrorist activities in our
country. That is our approach. Well, we need not go into all these details. One of
the points which was made, related to the poverty allievation and economic
development. Fortunately for us, it has been possible for our country to take the
decisions in matters relating to the economic aspects of our life which have
helped us to strengthen our economy in such a manner that it would be possible
for us to deal with the problems of poverty to a great extent. That is why, so many
schemes under the guidance of our leader, my leader, my party’s leader, and the
Prime Minister, these steps have been taken. If those schemes are not enough,
some more schemes can also be looked into if there any defects that can be.
That’s a different issue. One of the things which we would like to do is to see
that the communal violence or terrorism is controlled by using the state machinary
created for this purpose in a correct manner, by bringing about economic
development, by trying to do social justice and by trying to creat an ambiance in
which it is possible for everybody to think that he is included in the entire society
and he is not excluded. What is required is understanding, what is required is
cooperation, what is required is perseverance, what is required is vigilance, what
is required is modernization of the governmental machinery, what is required is a
different kind of education, what is required is different kind of attitude towards
life and all these elements are available in our country. The only one point I want
to make before I close my brief statement is this, the situation in our country is
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