Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday defended amendments to an anti-terror law saying that they are essential to keep law enforcement agencies one step ahead of terrorists.
Shah, while responding to a debate in Lok Sabha on abill seeking to amend the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, he said thatanti-terror laws would not be misused and used only to root out terrorism.
Shah also said that provision in UAPA (amendment) billwhich was later passed in the Lower House by a voice vote to designate a personsuspected to have terror links as terrorist is necessary to root out terror.
Shah also hits out at the Congress for opposing theamendment saying that if the UPA was correct in amending anti-terror laws intheir tenure, then so is the NDA adding that some people promote urban Maoismand the government has no sympathy towards them.
Referring to amendments made in anti-terror laws bysuccessive governments, Shah said that the government fights terrorism and itshould not matter which party is in power.
