| The easy availability of weapons, procured illegally, has made society more insecure, said chief minister Narendra Modi, while delivering a lecture series on 'Society and Business in times of Security Threats and Terrorism' organised by CID, Gujarat, in collaboration with Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) in Ahmedabad. |
| Modi also underlined the need to create a separate specialists' cadre of Indian Intelligence Service on the line of IAS, IPS and IFS. He also emphasised the need for creating awareness about security threats among the masses and setting up a Task Force on the 'Role of Media' in tackling terrorism. |
| Modi said that although the UN has passed a resolution declaring all religions as equal, the Pope has not accepted it and considers "my religion is superior to your religion". It is only in India that all religions are considered as one, he added. |
| India should bring its entire political, diplomatic and psychological campaign against Pakistan's long history of sponsoring insurgency terrorism in Indian territory, the chief minister said. |
| Most of the terrorist activities in India are carried out with the covert support of Pakistan's ISI. Its role has been established beyond doubt in several instances, he added. |
| Maroof Raza of London University, an expert in India's foreign policy, national security and political economy, said that security is the responsibility of not only the government but the entire society. |
| He called for further studies in India's relations with its neighbours. He also dwelt on the need to face threats from weapons and technologies of mass destruction. |
| Additional Director General of Police (Crime & Railways) Kuldip Sharma, outlined the need for the lecture series, while minister of state for home Amit Shah, principal secretary, home K C Kapoor, representatives of law and order and security agencies and senior police officers attended the lecture series. |
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