Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: A new National Security Guard (NSG) hub will be established in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. This addition will bring the force’s presence to seven major hubs across the country, including Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Jammu, ensuring swift response capabilities.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the NSG as the nation’s “strongest shield against terrorism and organised crime” while addressing the elite force’s 41st Raising Day ceremony in Manesar, Haryana. He acknowledged the NSG’s crucial role since its formation in 1984, highlighting its decisive actions in critical operations like the Akshardham temple attack, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and various hostage rescue missions. He reaffirmed its status as India’s premier counterterror force. He emphasised that NSG commandos would remain deployed round the clock to meet any terror threat. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the home minister asserted that India has adopted a “zero terrorism policy.”
He pointed to continuous steps taken since 2019 to safeguard the nation, including amendments to the UAPA and NIA Acts, the empowerment of the ED and PMLA to tackle terror funding, the establishment of scientific investigation methods for terror financing, and the banning of the PFI.
He lauded the government’s decisive operations against terrorism, stating, “terrorists may hide, but they cannot escape.” He credited actions like the abrogation of Article 370, surgical strikes, and air strikes for attacking the “backbone of terrorists.” Shah also referenced two specific operations: ‘Operation Sindoor,’ which destroyed Pakistani terror group headquarters, training camps, and launchpads planning attacks against India; and ‘Operation Mahadev,’ a precise operation that eliminated those responsible for previous attacks.
