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Declaring that Pakistan has become the epicentre of global terrorism, Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani on Thursday said India could not afford to take a soft stand against cross-border terrorism.
Speaking at the passing out parade of the 54th batch of IPS officer trainees at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, Advani said, "We will win this proxy war the way we won the three open wars (against Pakistan)," he asserted.
"Irrespective of what the world says and does, we are determined to see that the perpetrators of the proxy war are defeated finally and firmly," he said.
Advani said Pakistan had adopted various strategies to grab Jammu and Kashmir, but failed miserably. "Pakistan could not reconcile to the decision of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to be a part of secular India and reject theocracy," he said.
He said Pakistan first waged three open wars to grab J&K.
But "India has always maintained that war is not a solution to the Kashmir problem. Any democratic and civilised nation can't talk of war," Advani said.
"It then tried to internationalise the issue. But other countries have said that the United Nations Security Council resolutions on J&K are no longer relevant," he said.
Pakistan has now resorted to a proxy war and spread terror by killing innocents. "But during the last one year, the entire world has realised that if today India was at the receiving end of terrorism, tomorrow it could be some other nation," he pointed out.
Earlier, on the occasion of his 127th birth anniversary, the police academy was named after India's first deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabh Patel.
Advani recalled Sardar Patel's singular contribution to integrating the princely states into the Indian Union 'in the short span of three and half years'.
"Sardar Patel used different tactics with different states. He persuaded some states to join the Indian Union while arm-twisted some others into acceding to integrate into India," he said. Among those who had resisted was the ruler of the princely state of Hyderabad.
Advani also lauded the NPA for training police officers in character building and attitudinal change. "There is no dearth of institutes imparting physical training but what is important is character building," he said advising the police officers to be people-friendly.
In all, 33 IPS probationers, including four women and two Palestinian security officers, passed out from the NPA after 44 weeks of training. The outstanding students were honoured by the deputy prime minister.
NPA Director Ganeshwar Jha stressed on the need for research to evolve effective responses to new trends among criminals.
"The most disturbing aspect of technological developments has been the transnational nature of crimes. If criminals, cyber technocrats and terrorists join hand, they could cause large-scale damage worldwide," he said.
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