New Delhi Reaching out to states complaining over NCTC, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured joint and coordinated efforts to deal with challenges of terrorism whatever its origin, whether internal or external.
” There is no questi
on that the burden of the fight against terrorism falls largely on the statesalt39 machinery.
The Centre is ready to work with the states to put in place strong and effective institutional mechanisms to tackle this problem,” the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister warned that threats from terrorism, left wing extremism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence persist in the country.
Singh said ” today, terrorist groups are nimble, more lethal than ever and increasingly networked across frontiers.” Holding that the international border and the LoC in the west continue to remain vulnerable, Home Minister P Chidambaram said, new routes for infiltration apppeared to have opened via Nepal and Bangladesh.
