Congress on Sunday released its plan on national security which emphasises five key issues – assuming India’s rightful place in global affairs, securing the neighbourhood, internal security, protecting people and strengthening capabilities.
The report, titled ‘India’s National Security Strategy’, wasdrafted by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) D.S. Hooda, who was the Northern Army Commander inSeptember 2016 when Indian troops carried out surgical strikes across theborder after the Uri r attack.
Addressing a joint press conference together with Hooda and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that if the party is voted to power, it would try to implement these five key points on national security.
In its plan on National Security, the Congress said the “party has always displayed zero tolerance on terrorism.” “As Lt. Gen (Retd.) D.S. Hooda recently noted, the Indian Army was always given a free hand, without any political interference, to deal with Pakistan and cross-border terrorism,” it said.