Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attended the 60th Raising Day ceremony of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Tezpur, Assam.
Speaking at the event, Amit Shah said that the country will be free from the menace of Naxalism in the next three years.
Shah asserted that a unique role in minutely integrating culture, history, topography and language” of the border villages, and bringing people in those areas closer to rest of the country.
Besides guarding the borders, the SSB along with other CAPFs have performed their duties effectively against the Naxals in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, he said.
“In the next three years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country will be 100 per cent free from the Naxal problem,” asserted Shah.
“In the last 9 years, PM Modi has taken several steps for the welfare of all the CAPFs, be it CRPF or all the other organizations deployed on the border. Today, the Government of India also released a postal stamp. It will keep everyone’s devotion to duty alive in front of the people of the country forever”.
Recollecting on how during former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the police of ‘One Border One Force’ was implemented, Shah further added, “After the India-China war, SSB was established in 1963 and after Atal ji implemented the policy of ‘One Border One Force’, SSB has been dutifully protecting the India-Nepal border since 2001 and the India-Bhutan border since 2004…”
The home minister presented awards for exemplary service to six SSB personnel along with trophies to three battalions, besides releasing a postage stamp on the occasion.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was present at the event, too.
Shah is also scheduled to attend the 13th Triennial Conference of the All Bathou Mahasabha at Dhekiajuli, launch a book titled “Assam’s Braveheart – Lachit Barphukan” and inaugurate the renovated Brahmaputra river front in Guwahati, officials said.
