Book of Integration Council New - Ministry of Home Affairs
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Article 356 if it can not be imposed in the whole state, an amendment may be made to<br />
the constitution whereby the central Government can take over the district, which is<br />
disturbed and then impose Law and order in the district, if the state government fails<br />
and Mr. Advani has demanded a white paper on SIMI. I request that a white paper may<br />
be prepared on all communal and extremist organizations <strong>of</strong> the country.<br />
Thank you Sir.<br />
<strong>Home</strong> Minister : May I request Dr. Karan Singh to speak<br />
Dr. Karan Singh<br />
Thank you Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. <strong>Home</strong> Minister, Distinguished members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
National <strong>Integration</strong> <strong>Council</strong>,<br />
I recall, in 1962, when I was Sadar-e-riyasat in the Jammu and Kashmir. That<br />
was when the first meeting <strong>of</strong> the National <strong>Integration</strong> <strong>Council</strong> took place, soon after<br />
the Chinese debacle and since then I have had occasions to attend at lease half a dozen<br />
meetings <strong>of</strong> this council. In the last 45 years since the first meeting was held, India<br />
has made tremendous progress. I think we must not lose sight <strong>of</strong> that. We all seem to<br />
be getting into a very negative syndrome. There are a lot <strong>of</strong> negativities, but there has<br />
been a great transformation in many spheres <strong>of</strong> life. I am not going into the economic<br />
problems, some did mention population. If you have been able to have a more<br />
effective population stabilization programme perhaps our economic situation might have<br />
also been better. But I will just say today because you have a very wide agenda and I<br />
will just confine myself to two major issues. But before I do that I would like to say Mr<br />
Prime Minister, that if you would have this meeting in Vigyan Bhawan as we did it<br />
earlier, I think it would be more convenient. Because this going around with microphone<br />
is a little like one <strong>of</strong> Barkha Dutt’s show, a reality program you know you go around and<br />
I really don’t think that it is appropriate for the National <strong>Integration</strong> <strong>Council</strong>.<br />
<strong>Home</strong> Minister – That venue is not available today.<br />
Dr. Karan Singh<br />
If it is not available for the National <strong>Integration</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, you should throw out<br />
who ever was there and put it in instead. Surely this council must take with the Prime<br />
Minister in the Chair but I am seriously suggesting that that’s a better venue. Now, Sir,<br />
I would just like to, highlight two major points. The first is security and I don’t think,<br />
there is any question <strong>of</strong> the Prime Minister having played down terrorism at all. Infact he<br />
has made a clear statement, a year ago I think, that terrorism was the greatest single<br />
problem facing the nation, and <strong>of</strong> course it all began in Jammu and Kashmir and I am<br />
not going into that. Don’t forget it, began<br />
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