PM pulls up intelligence, home dept on terror

Meetu Jain, CNN-IBN

New Delhi: With just a few months to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the UPA government has begun putting together a new plan to fight terror.

This involves the setting up of a task force under the national security advisor.

What plagues the UPA government is the realisation that one blast after another and the country's police is clueless.

The police force has been caught unawares by not just the Islamic brand of terror but also now by what is widely termed as the Hindu one as well.

Leading BJP chief ministers claim that there are very few intelligence leads on terror attacks.

“The intelligence reports are like weather reports,” said Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje.

But now it seems the Prime Minister too speaks the language of the opposition.

There is no input from the intelligence department on time, accuses the Prime Minister.

In fact, at the two day police chief meet, PM Manmohan Singh has literally set a deadline for his home minister to tackle terror.

He has suggested the setting up of a task force under the national security advisor.

That will give a road map within 100 days for better intelligence and policing.

He's also suggested a standing committee of DGPs to advise the home ministry on policing.

This move adds to the PM recommending more policemen to man the home ministry.

Not only is the Prime Minister not buying the home minister's argument that terrorism and communal violence have come down under him but he now been forced to come up with a road map on tackling terror.

These suggestions come ahead of a general election.

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