Amit Shah chairs Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting of MHA in Andaman

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The meeting focused on issues regarding national security, disaster management, cyber security and regional infrastructure, sources said.

The meeting also stressed using the latest technologies to fight crime and having more state-of-the-art centres, such as the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) and the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), at the regional level, they said. A separate session on the strategic importance of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was also held, the sources said.

Union Ministers of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, members of the committee, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, and other officials attended the meeting. Shah also inaugurated an exhibition on ‘Naveen Nyaya Sanhita’ (new criminal laws) at the ITF Ground in Sri Vijaya Puram, formerly Port Blair and also laid the foundation stones for various projects at the Netaji Stadium.

Shah arrived in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday night on a three-day visit.  This is Shah’s second visit to the islands in less than a month. He visited the archipelago on December 12 to commemorate the 116th anniversary of VD Savarkar’s iconic poem ‘Sagara Pran Talamala’.

Director General of Police Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal welcomed Shah at the ‘Naveen Nyaya Sanhita’ exhibition and briefed the Union Home Minister about plans to make the programme a success. There are 10 kiosks and stalls adorned with posters highlighting the reforms under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA).