GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said that security and development had to go hand-in- hand and that couldn’t be achieved without an efficient state police force.
Addressing the 25th annual conference of Director General of Police/Inspector General of Police and heads of central police organisation of North East region at Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre in Itanagar, Khandu said that peace and order was essential for development and economic growth of the states.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju speaking on the occasion said police officer must exercise calmness, refrain from profanity and exercise empathy even in tense situations. He said people had lots of expectations on police so they tend to be more demanding and abusive towards the police. He also said police can play positive role in promotion of tourism in the region by conducting themselves in decent and helpful way.
Khandu also commended the role of police and security forces in maintaining law and order in the state and in North East. He said security situation in the region had considerably improved due to fresh development impetus given by the centre.
Khandu applauded the role of centre in improving the presence of North East people in central paramilitary forces and in Delhi police. He encouraged youths from Northeast to join these forces and urged the police organisations to carry out awareness programme in this regard.
He further said North East must be looked on as one entity when dealing with security matter. He also pointed out that Assam Police had a pivotal role to play in maintaining security of the region as the state shares borders with almost all the states in North East.
He said though Arunachal had no home grown insurgency but the three eastern districts of the state was affected by it. He exuded confidence in the Police, Para military forces and Army that the matter would be efficiently tackled.
Khandu further stressed on strengthening information sharing mechanism, follow up actions and coordination between different state police forces so that security apparatus is improved.