'Zero tolerance for those harming country's secular fabric'

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi today said that the country would not tolerate any attempt aimed at harming the secular fabric of the country.
"Even as the law and order is a state subject but the central government has asked for zero tolerance for the issues which harm the secular fabric of the country," Mehrishi said while replying to a question regarding the lynching of a man in Dadri village of Uttar Pradesh.
He said that central government has already said what needs to be said on this and it is all over the news papers and they have issued an advisory which has been widely circulated.

He was talking to reporters at R S Pura sector along the International Border (IB) in Jammu where he arrived today to review the security situation along the IB.
Mehrishi, who is on his maiden two days visit to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, reviewed the security situation along the IB in the R S Pura sector where he interacted with the jawans and the officials of the BSF.
He said that there was peace on the IB in the past one month and would want the peace to continue.

"There has been peace on the IB for the past one month and we pray that the enemy will use their wisdom to keep peace in future as well", he said

When asked to comment on the the purpose of his visit, Mehrishi said that he had come to meet the brave people who are guarding our borders.
"I have come here to meet the brave people who are guarding our borders," he told reporters.
He also visited Abdullian border outpost and spent some time to get the first hand feel of the situation on the IB.
He was accompanied by senior officers of various security agencies, including the Director General of BSF D K Pathak besides other senior officers.