Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 'Chintan Shivir' of home ministers of states on Friday morning via video conferencing, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. The two-day Chintan Shivir (reflection camp) began at Surajkund in Haryana on Thursday.
The meet is aimed at providing a national perspective to policy formulation on internal security-related matters in accordance with the 'Panch Pran' (five pledges) announced by Modi in his Independence Day speech.
The event was inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. While addressing the meeting, Shah asserted that the Narendra Modi government has recorded success on all fronts of internal security.
He said it was the collective responsibility of states to effectively tackle crimes being committed from across the country's border or states' borders, and also deal with regional crimes to make society free from fear.
"The government has also amended the Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act (FCRA) that was being misused by some NGOs to conduct anti-national activities, religious conversion, political opposition of development projects and creating obstacles in development works," the home minister added.
Meanwhile, most of the non-BJP chief ministers holding charge of their Home Departments had skipped the meeting on its inaugural day. The rest of the non-BJP states were either represented by a cabinet minister or a minister of state holding charge of the home department.
Only two non-BJP chief ministers Punjab's Bhagwant Mann and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan attended the conference.
Apart from Mann and Vijayan, the chief ministers attending the conference are Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), N Biren Singh (Manipur), Pramod Sawant (Goa), Manik Saha (Tripura), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand) and Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim).
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who is the administrator of Chandigarh, also attended the meeting. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Phadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland Y Patton were also present.
During the 'Chintan Shivir', a host of internal security issues, including checking cybercrimes, ensuring women's security and coastal security will be discussed, according to officials.
(With inputs from PTI)
