Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday asked the Union Government to stop passing the buck for its failure to seal the international border against drugs and arms dealers.
Instead, Sukhbir asked the Centre, to appreciate the efforts of Punjab Government in successfully battling the fallout of weakness of the central forces in effectively checking the threats to our peace and stability from across the border.
“It is the duty of the central forces to ensure that no danger spills over from across the border into our soil and to anticipate and checkmate those trying to pose a threat to our peace from foreign soil. Massive recoveries of drugs and arms and successful busting of terror modules by the Punjab police clearly shows that more needs to be done by the central forces for ensuring that our borders are impregnable and not porous,” he added.
Sukhbir, in fact, urged the Center to invest on modernising police and other security personnel through upgradation skills and technology.
He also asked the Center to take proactive steps to strengthen and streamline its intelligence and operational and combative mechanism. “Central agencies and forces need to step up their efforts to thwart attempts from across the border to disturb peace, plug the inflow of funds and narcotics and fake Indian national currency from across the border,” he added. Sukhbir asked the Center to help the state with liberal funds to enhance the capacity and capability of Punjab Police.