ISIS failed in India despite large Muslim population: Rajnath

Mukesh Ranjan

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 3

India has the largest Muslim population in the world but ISIS has been unable to establish itself in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday.

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Singh was giving a report card of his ministry on the completion of three years of the Narendra Modi government.

“We have strived to provide security for the nation, with full responsibility,” he said at a press conference.

He said 90 ISIS sympathisers had been arrested across the country.

Singh said ISIS and Ansar Ul Ammah have been included in the list of terrorist organisations.

According to the minister, there had been a 25 per cent reduction in Naxal attacks in 2014-17 as compared to 2011-14 (UPA tenure). He also said three years of NDA government had seen a 42 per cent reduction in deaths in Naxal attacks as compared to last three years of the UPA.

Singh said there was 45 per cent reduction in infiltration from Pakistan in the six months post-surgical strike at the Line of Control in September last year as compared to the corresponding period previous year.

The minister said the government would put an end to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and ensure peace in Jammu and Kashmir. He said J&K Police have been reimbursed Rs 1,600 core in the last three years.

For J&K students studying outside the state, the Home Ministry has appointed nodal officers in state capitals to address their problems, he said.

The Home Minister said 57 terrorists have been neutralised in North-East in the last three years.                       

In line with the NCC, the MHA has launched a new scheme called ‘Student Police Cadet’ to enable young citizens to imbibe high values, Rajnath said.

He said Central allocation to the state disaster response fund has been increased by 82 per cent.                       

Chandigarh has become the first kerosene-free UT in the country, the Home Minister said. With PTI inputs