Internal security situation difficult, says PM

PM Manmohan Singh described the internal security situation as difficult but asserted that the Government was firm to defeat the menace.

A day after the Ajmer blast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the internal security situation as difficult but asserted that the Government was firm to defeat the menace.

“We have to mobilise all resources and will power for complete defeat of terror machines,” he said at a question-answer session after inaugurating the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.

The Prime Minister was asked to comment on increasing terror strikes in the country and whether Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil was not capable of handling the situation and should step down.

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Singh asserted that there was no lack of firmness of purpose when it came to dealing with terrorist acts.

Describing the situation as ‘difficult’, he said, “I would not say that we should despair”.

He said terrorists had an advantage of surprise as they could choose targets and it was not possible to protect each of them.

The Prime Minister said it was time to think differently about the strategy on dealing with terrorism in future. “But let there be no mistake about our resolve to meet this challenge head on,” he added.

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