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In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] said on Sunday that the government has decided to set up a Federal Investigation Agency, strengthen air and maritime security and create four National Security Group hubs in various parts of the country.
Sharing the country's "anger and outrage" over the Mumbai attacks, he appealed to parties to rise above political
considerations to meet the challenge unitedly.
"Terrorists and enemies of our nation must know that their actions unite rather than divide us," he said in his
opening remarks at the all party meeting convened by him to discuss the situation arising out of the terror strikes.
Describing the attacks as "different" from the previous terror strikes, Singh said "in the face of this national
threat and in the aftermath of this national tragedy, all of us from different political parties must rise above narrow
political considerations and stand united.
"We should work together in the interest of the country at this critical juncture." He said the parties should build a consensus on what needs to be done to strengthen the ability of the system to meet these threats.
"The terrorists and enemies of our nation must know that their actions unite rather than divide us," the Prime Minister
said at the meeting from which Leader of the Opposition L K Advani [Images], Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh and Shiv Sena stayed away.
Singh hoped that the political parties would be able to give a collective assurance to the nation that, across the
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