India will never forget Pulwama attack: Ajit Doval

Vijaita Singh

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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on March 19 that the country had neither forgotten, nor would it ever forget, the Pulwama terror attack.

This is the first time Mr. Doval is commenting on the terror attack that was followed by a precision air strike by the Indian Air Force on a training camp of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan's Balakot.

Over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on February 14 when a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide-bomber rammed his car into a CRPF bus at Pulwama in south Kashmir.

Mr. Doval, who was the chief guest at the 80th Raising Day of the CRPF, said the country's leadership was capable of reacting to and retaliating any act of terror. “What we shall do, what should be our intention, our path, our reaction, the country’s leadership is capable to decide... whether the action is against terrorists or those who support these terrorists. We are ready to challenge this."

The loss of the families of the CRPF personnel could not be compensated, but the entire country stood with them, the NSA said.

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'Enhance the professionalism'

Mr. Doval asked the CRPF to not look back or worry about the past but enhance its professionalism, credibility, training and physical strength. “If your morale is high, then the country’s future is safe,” he said.

World history was replete with examples of constitutional crises and governments collapsing when the internal security of a nation was threatened, he noted.

The CRPF, he said, had to take a lead role in ensuring peace and law and order. “As the lead internal security force of the country, the CRPF has an onerous task on its shoulders to render the duties.”