CM’s Concern Is Right

The claim by Central Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram that no differences of opinion were expressed during the meeting recently convened to discuss the internal security, is true. It is also true that the meeting was in total agreement apropos the call made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the need to act together by both the centre and the states for the sake of country’s internal security.

However, during the meeting a criticial note was indeed raised that the actions being pursued by the Centre in the name of internal security were based on political interests. It was Kerala Chief Minister Achuthanandan who shared with others this anxiety citing the activities of the National Inquiry Agency (NIA) in Kerala. Later, however, Chidambaram had denied the accusations that the centre was interfering in the states’ powers. At the same time it is becoming almost evident that, from the very first day NIA had started its work, it was not giving preference to the internal security or the national interest, but on the contrary, its priority was to settle political scores. Otherwise, how can one explain the fact that half of all the cases taken up by the agency, are from Kerala where not even a single life was lost as a result of terrorist attacks? This was also made clear earlier by the Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan that these cases were taken up the centre arbitrarily and it never showed any readiness to discuss this matter with the state.

The anti-left and anti-minority biases of the central secret agencies such as the IB and RAW, as well as the rightist and communal interests guiding these agencies had come for severe criticism even before. It had become evident from experience that it was not the secular approach as enshrined in India’s constitution, but the ideologies of Hindutwa communalism were prevailing in the inner circles of these agencies. The authorities were not prepared so far to include even a single member from the minority communities in the ranks of these very strategically vital agencies.

For this very reason, there are great dissatisfaction and apprehensions in general towards the victimization of the members of the minority communities in the name of terrorism. It was persumed that at least the newly set up NIA should have been free from such vested interests. But very unfortunately, from experience so far one can arrive at the conclusion that things are not what they should be. And the statements of Chief Minister show that the state (Kerala) administration is equally concerned.

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