Edited by Deepali Verma
At the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the three-day annual All India Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police (DGP-IGP) on January 5-7. The agenda of the three-day conference involves deliberation on challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), cyber security, counter-terrorism, left-wing extremism and narcotics smuggling.
Ahead of PM Modi’s visit, BJP office in Jaipur decked up:
The Bharatiya Janata Party office was decked up ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the city to take part in the 58th DGP-IGP national conference on January 4.
“The conference scheduled from January 5 to 7 will cover a wide range of policing and internal security issues such as cybercrime, technology in policing, counter-terrorism challenges, left-wing extremism, and prison reforms, among others,” the official statement notified.
Key agenda:
Another key agenda of the conference is to hold deliberations on the road map for the implementation of the new criminal laws recently passed by Parliament.
“A deliberation on futuristic themes in policing and security, like the challenges posed by new technologies such as AI, deep fakes, etc., and ways to counter them, is also on the table for discussion,” it added.
The conference additionally seeks to identify tangible action points and monitor their progress, which will be presented before the Prime Minister every year. The conference is the result of thorough deliberations involving police and intelligence officers from district, state and national levels on identified themes. Best practices derived from states and union territories under each of the themes will be presented at the conference so that states can learn from each other.
Since 2014, the Prime Minister has taken a keen interest in the DGP conference.
“Unlike the mere symbolic presence of the previous prime ministers, he sits through all major sessions of the conference. The Prime Minister both listens patiently to all the inputs and encourages free and informal discussions so that new ideas can come up,” the release from the Prime Minister’s office added.
Free-flowing thematic discussions extended over breakfast, lunch and dinner are also planned in this year’s conference. This will present an opportunity for senior police officials to share their views and recommendations on key policing and internal security issues that affect the country with the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister has actively encouraged the organisation of annual DGP conferences to be held all across the country since 2014. The conference was organised at Guwahati in 2014, Dhordo at Rann of Kutch in 2015, National Police Academy at Hyderabad in 2016, the BSF Academy at Tekanpur in 2017, Kevadiya in 2018 at IISER, Pune in 2019, Police Headquarters at Lucknow in 2021 and the National Agricultural Science Complex at PUSA, Delhi in 2023.
Continuing with the tradition, the conference is being organised in Jaipur this year. The conference is expected to house the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, MOS for Home Affairs, Cabinet Secretary, senior officials of the Government of India, DGP of States/UTs and Heads of Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organisations, among others.
Rajasthan BJP leaders meeting in Jaipur:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also hold a meeting with Rajasthan unit BJP leaders on January 5 during his visit to the city to attend the DGPs-IGPs conference in Jaipur scheduled to be held from January 5-7.
A party leader informed that PM Modi would chair a meeting of MLAs and other party office bearers.
In this regard, a meeting was held on January 4 in the BJP office in which Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, state BJP president CP Joshi, and state Organisation General Secretary Chandrashekhar were also in attendance.
The guidelines were also handed to BJP leaders regarding PM Modi’s programme.
