TENSE TIMES By: Bennet Paes
Some time back our Home Minister went on record saying: Zero tolerance would be pursued in tackling terrorism, and our response to any terror attack would be swift, decisive, determined and strong. After witnessing such wanton acts of vandalism, arson, rape and murder in various parts of our country, practically on a daily basis, in bold defiance of the law, all that the politicians say is: action will be taken according to due process of the law. For all we know, after this so-called due process is complete, culprits are just taken in and out of custody as if for cosmetic surgeries. Is our government so obsessed by Pakistan , that acts of terrorism committed by Indians on our soil do not deserve swift and decisive action under zero tolerance? Or, are they not considered as acts of terrorism at all? For Gods sake, let sanity be brought to bear on this rapidly deteriorating law and order situation in our country or else, we will soon be engulfed by the kind of talibanisation seen across our northern border.
