February 24, 2015
Center responsible for border security: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | Transcript
During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha today, Trinamool MP Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar asked the Centre why it is not collaborating with the State and passing on information regarding infiltration in the borders.
The Central Government is responsible for the protection of the Nation’s border and gathering of Intelligence to stop infiltration. The responsibility lies with central agencies and forces like BSF, IB, RAW, SSB among others.
The border of Bengal lacks proper patrolling and is not properly protected with wire-fences which lead to infiltration of unwanted persons into the State.
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs admitted a lapse on part of the Centre in fencing the borders. Earlier, the MoS Finance had said in Lok Sabha that Sarada money was not channeled to terrorist activities.
From the Minister’s statement it is quite clear that the responsibility of the Burdwan incident lies with the Central Government as it failed to perform its duties.
