Talking tough after serial blasts rocked Assam, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said 'no quarter' will be given to militancy and hoped Bangladesh will make a 'new beginning' by denying sanctuary to ULFA and NDFB.
Talking tough after serial blasts rocked Assam, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said 'no quarter' will be given to militancy and hoped Bangladesh will make a 'new beginning' by denying sanctuary to ULFA and NDFB.
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"No quarter will be given to militancy. Any banned organisation will be dealt with firmly and decisively," Chidambaram told reporters here after a two-hour meeting of the Unified Command which is headed by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
Broad guidelines have been given to Unified Command, comprising army, paramilitary forces and state police, that it should have a more sharply focussed strategy, said the Home Minister, who was on his first visit to the state after taking charge of the Home Ministry last month.
Pointing out that at least two banned organisations - United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) - have found sanctuary in Bangladesh, the Minister said he "hopes to make a new beginning" with India's eastern neighbour.
After her poll victory in Bangladesh's general elections, Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina has stated that her country's soil will not be allowed to be used as a launch pad for terrorist activities against India.
Chidambaram said he was hopeful that insurgent leaders will no longer get shelter in Bangladesh.
On extending the ceasefire with NDFB which lapsed on December 31, the Minister said a decision will be taken "in a day or two". "Ceasefire should be observed in letter and spirit," he stressed.
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