India faces conventional, non-conventional threats: EAM Jaishankar
‘Indian society is extremely sensitive to challenges of security’
HYDERABAD: Indian society is extremely sensitive to challenges of security, perhaps more than many of its contemporaries and it faces conventional and non-conventional threats of a broad range, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.
Delivering the 34th Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Lecture at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy here he said externally, the task of securing unsettled boundaries is always an exacting one and that the current generations have direct memories of multiple conflicts also shaping their perception.
Each of these aspects understandably requires an upgraded response, the Union minister said.
“Indian society is extremely sensitive to challenges of security, perhaps more than many of its contemporaries. Like the rest of the world, it faces conventional and non-conventional threats of a broad range, he said in a series of tweets comprising excerpts of his speech.
Law and order issues and even internal security are obviously more complex in a large, pluralistic and diverse polity and the concerns about terrorism are particularly sharp since India has experienced unrelenting violence sponsored from across its borders, he further said.
There are significant concerns as well that are embedded in our increasingly globalised existence. Because they are intrinsic to the engagement with the world, there is no getting away from these problems, he further said.
“When it comes to security, doing more and doing better is no longer enough. India needs doing differently and that means thinking differently. Enhancing security today requires re-imagining,” the top diplomat said in another tweet.
NEW DELHI: On the Quit India movement anniversary, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday exhorted countrymen to defend the country’s freedom with “all our might”, while the opposition party also hit out at the RSS, alleging that it supported the British amid brutal repression at that time.
In her message on the occasion, Gandhi said that on this historic day, Aruna Asif Ali held aloft the National flag when lakhs and lakhs of Congress workers were beaten and jailed.
Her act of courage became the symbol of our quest for freedom, Sonia Gandhi said.
“As we commemorate the Quit India movement led by Mahatma Gandhi, let us not forget the price that millions of our countrymen and women paid for India’s freedom. Let us renew our resolve to defend it and protect it with all our might,” she said.
“When the country under the Congress leadership was engaged in a decisive struggle against the British, the RSS not only boycotted the movement but also actively supported the