September 27, 2020 5:27:50 pm
Tejasvi Surya said he had met with Shah at the latter’s residence two days ago and emphasized the need for a well-equipped and well-staffed NIA office to mitigate terrorism-related activities in Karnataka.
Bengaluru has become an epicenter for terrorist activities, BJP Tejasvi Deputy Surya said on Sunday, saying that he had asked the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah to establish a permanent division of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). ) in the city.
A day after becoming chairman of the youth wing of the BJP, Surya said that many terror modules have been destroyed in Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley, in the recent past. Terrorist groups want to use the city as an “incubation center” for terrorist activities.
Surya said he had met with Shah at the latter’s residence two days ago, emphasizing the need for a well-equipped and sufficiently staffed NIA office to mitigate terrorism-related activities in Karnataka.
“The Interior Minister has assured that he will instruct officials to establish a permanent police station staffed by an officer of the rank of the SP as soon as possible,” Surya said.
“In recent years, Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India, has become the epicenter of terrorist activities. It has been proven through many arrests and busted terror sleeper cells by the investigative agency in the city, ”Surya, who represents Bengaluru South in Lok Sabha, told reporters here.
“It is of great concern that the NIA investigations into the mob violence of DJ Halli and KG Halli in August have indicated that many terrorist organizations are using Bengaluru as their incubation center to carry out activities against India.” He said.
More than 3,000 people made a riot on August 11, setting fire to the residences of MLA R Congress Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, his sister Jayanthi and the DJ Halli and KG Halli halli police stations in Bengaluru.
The violence erupted over an alleged incendiary post on social media by the MLA Congressional nephew.
Surya said there are reports that the NIA does not have enough infrastructure and human resources to conduct investigations. The NIA is currently operating with skeletal personnel and also from Hyderabad with only one camp office in Bengaluru.
As Bengaluru is the financial powerhouse of South India, it is vital to keep the city safe from all terrorist and anti-India organizations and their activity, he added.
On his new responsibility as head of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Surya said that his first visit will be to Bihar, which is at the polls, to interact and meet volunteers from the party’s youth wing.
“Yuva Morcha will foster more grassroots leadership across the country. A young Karyakarta (worker) like me has been entrusted with the responsibility of the national youth wing of the world’s largest political party in the world’s largest democracy and the world’s youngest country. This is only possible at the BJP, ”he said.
Underlining that BJYM will continue to be a platform for all of the country’s youth, Surya said that he feels that the strongest leaders come from the weakest sectors of society. And you want to make sure that BJYM will be your platform.
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