NEW DELHI; Some Members in Parliament Thursday gave a strident call to the government to evolve a comprehensive anti- militancy policy in consultation with all political parties to effectively deal with the deteriorating law and order situation in the country.
Cutting across party affiliations members in both houses of parliament, stressed the need to modemize the police force and evolve new initiatives by consensus to open dialogue with the militants within the framework of the Indian constitution.
Members expressed these views as the two houses took up for debate identical subjects of recent spurt in terrorism, subversion and their abetment by outside powers.
Members from Congress-I, National Front and Left Front utilized the opportunity to train their guns on the Kanyakumari- Kashmir ‘Ekta Yatra’ (unity march) of the BJP.
In the upper house of parliament (Rajya Sabha), the National Front and the Left Front assured 1s full support to the government “if it stood up to the machinations of the BJP in organizing the Yatra”
The deputy home minister, Ramlal Rahi intervened in the lower house (Lok Sabha), where the debate continued for the third day Thursday, and sought the co- operation of all political parties in finding a lasting solution to the worsening law and order situation. The debate in both the houses remained inconclusive.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 20, 1991
