India will develop indigenous anti-drone technology soon: Shah

06/12/2021

Jaisalmer, Dec 5: India is developing indigenous anti-drone technology, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, as he stressed on the importance of the Border Security Force(BSF) in national security.
Speaking on the occasion of the 57th Raising Day of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Jaisalmer, the Home Minister said that for the first time since the establishment of BSF in 1965, it has been decided to celebrate the foundation day of BSF in the border district of the country, as he attended the raising day event here.
"The Border Security Force, NSG and DRDO are making efforts to deal with the threat of drones and create drone resistance systems. Soon we will be able to create a resistance system to control drones," Shah said.
He also mentioned the surgical strikes, and the Balakot airstrike.
"Under the Modigovt we have taken security of our borders seriously, wherever there have been attempts to encroach along the border, we have retaliated immediately. When there were attacks in Uri and Pulawama, govt immediately took a decision and the air strike and surgical strike were appreciated by the whole world," Shah said.
Shah said more than 35,000 personnel of Border Security Force, Police Forces and CAPFs have made the supreme sacrifice across the country and the BSF is at the forefront.
He said the BSF guards the most
difficult borders of India - the Bangladesh border of 4,165 kms and the 3,323 km long Pakistan border.
"The security of these two borders is the most difficult, but this force of more than 193 battalions and 2,65,000 personnel has protected these borders very well," he said. The Home Minister also recalled the battle of Longewala and said Army and the BSF together displayed indomitable courage in 1971 in Longewala, driving out an entire tank battalion.
"Even though the enemy was greater in number and had modern weaponry, yet the victor is the one who faces the enemy with courage and valour inspired by the spirit of patriotism," he said.
He also highlighted that the budget for road construction for good infrastructure for border security was about Rs. 23,000 croresbetween 2008 to 2014, but after Narendra Modi government came to power, between 2014 to 2020, it has been increased from Rs. 23,000 crores to Rs. 44,600 crores.
He also said recruitment of 50,000 jawans has been completed in BSF, and efforts are being made to increase recruitment further.
However, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday dismissed accusations that the BJP tried to topple the Congress government in Rajasthan and dared the ruling party to call early polls if it thinks people support it.
The BJP leader said his party will never try to destabilise the state government while exuding confidence that it will come to power with a two-third majority in the state in the 2023 Assembly polls.
Shah also called upon party leaders to "overthrow" the "useless and corrupt" Congress government in the state. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had earlier accused the BJP of the bid to destabilise the state government after his former deputy Sachin Pilot rebelled against him in July last year.
"They are always in fear that their government will collapse. Who is going to topple the government? No one but why are you doing this; that your own people are running away," Shah said at a meeting with party leaders here.
"The BJP will never topple your government. The BJP will present its side before people and come to power with a strong mandate in 2023," Shah added.
"If you think that your government is doing well, then get the Assembly elections conducted along with the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, you will get to know what the public wants. We want that you complete your tenure till 2023 and work for people," Shah said.
Addressing party leaders, he said, "I have come to call upon you that in Rajasthan, the useless and corrupt Ashok Gehlot government has to be overthrown and the BJP government has to be formed."
The home minister targeted the state government over several issues, including law and order, corruption and unemployment. He alleged that the state government has stopped several public welfare schemes introduced by the previous BJP government led by VasundharaRaje and creating hurdles in the implementation of central schemes.
"In Rajasthan, the definition of law and order has been redefined by the state government. Here, law and order mean lo' (take) and give order'. The government is corrupt. They have set up a transfer industry," the home minister alleged.
Shah said there has been an increase of 40 per cent in cases of robbery, 25 per cent in kidnapping, 21 per cent in rape under the Congress rule. Shah demanded that the state government reduce VAT on petrol and diesel on the lines of the BJP-ruled states to provide relief to people. He said the NarendraModi government at the Centre has secured borders of the country.
The Modi government took the revenge of Uri and Pulwama terror attacks by conducting air and surgical strikes, whereas during the UPA rule, former PM Manmohan Singh did not say anything on such attacks, Shah claimed.
He also referred to Manmohan Singh as "Mauni Baba".
During his address, he took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he does not know if the Congress leader works but he certainly posts tweets. Shah claimed that it is PM Modi's government that worked to eliminate poverty while the previous Congress regimes "removed the poor".
He highlighted achievements of the Modi government, citing the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and the laying of the foundation stone of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Shah, who arrived in Jaipur from Jaisalmer, earlier addressed the concluding session of the two-day BJP state Working Committee meeting. On reaching the airport here, state BJP president Satish Poonia and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje welcomed him. Shah reached Jaipur's Sitapura for the programmes, covering a distance of nine km in a roadshow and was welcomed at several places on the way.

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