NEW DELHI: Cautioning against any complacency on dealing with terrorism, home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said government will remain
alert against the menace with the epicentre of terrorism lying on India's border.
"Let there be no illusion. The terror threat to the country has not diminished. During the last six months, a significant number of potential terrorists including Madani have been arrested.
"Our objectives are three-fold. Raise the level of preparedness meet any terror threat directed against India, respond swiftly and decisively to any terror threat or any terror attack and we have to remain on guard against terror and cannot lower our guard," he said replying to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on demands for grants of his ministry for 2009-10.
He said terror was a global phenomenon but that did not give any solace to India because "one of the epicentres of terror is the country on our border".
He rejected a member's contention that people of the country were living under fear and said he had great confidence in people of the country which had shown tremendous resilience and face such challenges in history.
