IBNLive Chat: Kiran Bedi talks tough on terror

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Twenty-five blasts in two days, 46 dead and scores injured. The serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad on July 25 and 26 respectively, were only proof that the insidious network of terrorism runs deep in India. Is there a failure in the system? Does India lack the resolve to tackle terrorism? How can India curb terrorism? Former IPS officer and winner of the Magsaysay Award, Kiran Bedi was on IBNLive.com, fielding these and more on Tuesday, July 29.

Following is the transcript of the web chat:

Deepak Yadav: There is lot of talk as India being a soft state, which I feel is totally uncalled for. Can you please tell me the difference between a state, which is supposedly soft on terror and the one which is not? Also, which states are not soft on terror? It is the ordinary human being who loses his life.

Kiran Bedi: Well, the manner in which we are disjointed, which is our enforcement systems; we are not fully ready to prevent and detect (terrorism) on a large scale basis...hence the soft situation.

Ashish Srivastava: Like the Army, why don’t we have the police and CBI independent of political influence?

Kiran Bedi: No, it works under the political executive. They select the leaders.... they appoint or promote or transfer. They retain the choices.

Ajay Pandey: Why are we attacked again and again, while the US has not been attacked since 9/11?

Kiran Bedi: Because the US is tough...and united (while) we are weak and divided.

Vijay Shah: Ms Bedi, I watched you many times on TV channels with your views and am indeed impressed. If you become a Home Minister for short time what will be your priorities and how you get the results?

Kiran Bedi: Well, such a situation is not likely at all, because our political system looks for the weakest to hopefully deliver. But if the system wants a strong and fair person, his or her appointment itself will drive half the problem away. Then it will take not more than a year to set it all right.