The government should take the following steps in order to silence terrorism, but I know this can never happen in India given the political equations and the level of thinking by citizens. Despite this I would like to share with others my idea of countering terrorism. I would like to request all bloggers to add their valuable inputs/ideas to the following:
1. Create a Federal Police on the lines of FBI, USA and give it supreme powers to act on terrorists or any of their supporters.
2. Bring POTA. 3. Their should be a timeline fixed to deliver judgement on all POTA related cases. The sentence should not be less than life imprisonment, but in most cases death should be awarded. 4. If any person whether a political leader or any organization gives out a statement in public or private that directly or indirectly supports anti-national activities or its supporters, bring in POTA against them.
5. Upgrade the police network and isolate it from political interference. Equip them with the latest gadgets so that they can monitor anti national activities properly and effectively.
RE:Solution to terrorism
by Sukumar Mehta on Jul 28, 2008 10:18 AM Permalink
Thanks for the formula. Just one question, how are you going to ensure that the draconian law of POTA is not going to be used to fix political opponents?
RE:Solution to terrorism
by Mukesh on Jul 28, 2008 11:01 AM Permalink
right question. This power shud not be given to normal police, but a central agency shud be created and then this power shud be given to only that agency. This agency will not be answerable to any CM, but only to PM and president of India. I hope these 2 will not misuse it. You are talking about misuse of POTA, but my friend, have u even once thought about the misuse of great liberty that has been given to muslims of our country? Even when you that a particular person might be involved, you can't catch him coz your local politician won't let it happen. Is that right?? I guess currently also we are doing human right violations...the right of innocent families in particular and that of tolerent hindus in general.
