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Nityanand Rai claimed that terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir had significantly decreased, from 7,217 during the UPA’s tenure to 2,259 as of July this year.
Nityanand Rai, the Minister of State for Home Affairs while addressing a supplementary question from Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said that active terrorists will either face imprisonment or be sent to “jahannum” (hell).
Rai reiterated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism and added that security forces had killed 28 terrorists in the Union Territory over the past few days.
“The Modi government has zero tolerance for terrorism. We will end terrorism. They (terrorists) will be either in jail or jahannum. I want to assure the House,” Rai declared.
Rai claimed that terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir had significantly decreased, from 7,217 during the UPA’s tenure to 2,259 as of July this year.
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“These incidents should not have happened. It is unfortunate, but the Opposition should not politicize this issue,” Rai added.
Providing statistics to the Parliament, the Union Minister stated that 2,829 civilians and security personnel had lost their lives between 2004 and 2014, a figure that has decreased by 67 per cent since 2014.
Additionally, there has been a 69 per cent reduction in terror incidents.
Rai added the recent sacrifices of security personnel but noted that the number of neutralised terrorists was significantly higher.
“In the last few days, 28 terrorists have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir. It’s saddening that some of our soldiers have also been killed, but their numbers are much lower compared to the terrorists neutralized,” he said.
Rai further reported that Jammu and Kashmir had seen a surge in tourism, with 2.11 crore tourists visiting in 2023. “Peace has been restored there, which is why tourists are increasing,” he added.
According to Rai, from January to June 2024, a total of 1,08,41,009 tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir. This followed an all-time high of 2,11,24,674 tourists in 2023, and 1,88,64,332 tourists in 2022, compared to 1,13,14,884 in 2021 and 34,70,834 in 2020.
(With inputs from agencies)
