‘Govt will do its best to strengthen country’s security’

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that all possible steps will be taken to preserve and strengthen country’s integrity and security - be it external or internal threats.

Charing the 27th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council here, Singh said state governments must ensure better inter-State coordination and take up joint operations in common border areas.  “All possible steps will be taken to preserve and strengthen the integrity and safety of our country, be it either from external or internal threats,” he said.

The Home Minister said in the recent past, the Left Wing Extremism had been assuming serious dimensions in certain parts of the country.

The Minister said state governments must ensure better inter-State coordination and take up joint operations in common border areas. Two top Maoist leaders, including a woman,had been killed in a police ‘encounter’ in Padukka forest range near Karulai in Nilambur in Malappuram district last month.