Concerned over the wave of terror attacks, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan today said that the Government was planning to convene a meeting of Chief Ministers soon to share perspectives, information and discuss the way ahead to combat terror.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Narayanan said his assessment from available clues is that “there is no connection between the blasts in Ludhiana, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad), other than the fact that the ISI’s involvement is suspected, that is the common link.”

On the Ludhiana blasts, Narayanan said: “There has been a manifest attempt in Pakistan to build up a radical Sikh environment. Sporadic blasts were creating sensation, but the desired effect of sustained tension was not working. We had intelligence about four to six months back that a lot of effort was going into attempts to foment militancy.”

“We have tracked intelligence information, we have studied the way such attacks take place and we can read a pattern. We have also seen signs of resuscitation of militant groups in Canada, US and Germany. We had been bracing for such a move by such elements,” he said.

The blasts at Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Sharif, the intelligence establishment believes, are connected to the larger jehadi network — in the Indian context, translating into Lashkar-e-Toiba and, more recently, the HUJI.

“They have a feeling that the Kashmir issue is not able to attract the kind of attention they would want it to. We believe that some thinking has gone in, they are looking to change their style. So far it has been sporadic, soft attacks. But the human grief is not exactly adding up to the big impact they would want to see. Our information is that they may try high profile targets in and around Kashmir and also outside the state,” Narayanan said.

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