The Narendra Modi government will handle all kinds of internal security challenges with firmness, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday while interacting with the commandos of the counter-terror force NSG. Reddy, the Minister of State for Home, visited the Manesar-based garrison of the National Security Guard (NSG), also known as the ‘black cats’, to receive its first-ever mountaineering team that scaled the Mount Everest recently and review the force’s preparedness.
The Minister made the stand of the Union government clearthat all kinds of internal security problems will be handled with firmness.
He said the Modi government will provide all kinds oftechnical gadgets, modern weaponry for the troops and will also address the welfareissues of the NSG, the force said in a statement quoting Reddy.
The minister, an MP from Secunderabad in Telangana, alsoreviewed the working of the force that was raised in 1984 as a federalcontingency, counter-terror and counter-hijack crack commando unit.
NSG Director General Sudeep Lakhtakia briefed the ministerand assured him that the force is capable to undertake swift action with themotto of ‘zero error’, according to the statement.
The minister was also shown a display on house intervention,counter-militancy operations, close protection of VIPs, bomb disposal, canineskills followed by a display of weapons, ammunition and equipments used by theforce, it said.Reddy also met the 11 mountaineers who hadscaled the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest, in May this year.