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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Staff Reporter
Talking to reporters during a transit halt, Mr. Vidyasagar Rao made it clear that terrorists belonging to several outfits killed in Kashmir as they tried to attempt entry or during action by the Indian security forces, were all foreigners and none was an Indian national. To coordinate the anti-terrorist activities, an exclusive cell would be formed. This cell would help in receiving and disseminating information from and to the States and thus bolster the anti-terrorist activities, Mr. Vidyasagar Rao said. The recent tension on the border with Pakistan had subsided due to the diplomatic efforts made by India, the Minister said. The efforts would continue, he said and hoped that relations with Pakistan would become normal. He said that the Centre would not spare para-military forces like the Border Security Force and the Central Reserve Police Force to the States for maintaining law and order or to assist in natural calamities as their absence at the border was putting pressure on the regular armed forces. However, it was decided to increase the aid to the States from the Rs. 200 crores to Rs. 1,000 crores per annum to improve their weaponry and training. The Union Minister wished that the ongoing talks between the Government and the banned People's War would be fruitful. The Centre would not intervene in this issue. On the Bharatiya Janata Party's programme of land for those capable of tilling was different from that of PW's slogan of land for the tiller. Such programmes, taken up by the Communists also in the past had failed because cultivation could not be taken up. The BJP's idea was to take over the excess land of landlords and distribute it to the poor, he explained.
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