Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday expressed concern over attempts to “revive insurgency” in Punjab and Assam through “external links” and warned if early action is not taken it will be too late.
Asserting that insurgency cannot be dealt with military force, he favoured adopting an approach in which all agencies, the Government, civil administration, military and police work in an “integrated manner.”
Expressing these views here in a conference on ‘Changing Contours of Internal Security in India: Trends and Responses,’ he said attempts are being made through “external links” to “revive insurgency” in Punjab and Assam through “external abetment.”