May involve Army in Naxal ops: Antony

Antony said earlier there was a notion that war is confined to land alone,but post-26/11 there has been stepping up of the coastal security too. The government is taking utmost care to strengthen the Army,Navy and the Air Force. We have carried out many modernisation plans.

Asked if there was a split within the government on the use of Army against Naxals,particularly when Union Railway Minister Mamata Banarjee has sought a CBI probe into the attack and Trinamool MP from Serampore Kalyan Banerjee called West Bengal police chief foolish for blaming the Naxals for the train attack,Antony said there was no split within the government on how to combat the Naxal menace.

He said there was neglect on the part of earlier governments to raise the infrastructure in the border areas of the Northeastern states. We have realised this and are in the process of developing more divisions and landing space, he said.

Replying to whether the government has any plans to increase the troop strength in Jammu and Kashmir,he said there were no such plans at the moment. The government has a policy of zero tolerance on human rights violation in the state and there would be no cover-ups to shield the guilty, Antony said. The wars in future will be unpredictably dispersed and largely undefined,and the distinction between conventional and unconventional military operations will be blurred.

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