Terrorism is a tested weapon to achieve the political objectives of a misguided but dedicated group by causing intense dread in another group of people, whom they long to coerce of crush. It is a global phenomenon which sprouts from political. Religious or communal frustration. An attempt on the life of the former British Prime Minister, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, The assassinations of Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi Bombay-Calcutta Bomb Blasts are the most heinous and naked acts of terrorism. It shook the nations when an organized and large-scale terrorist gang of Germany, Italy’s red Brigade and various Palestinian organizations. Some countries have set up anti-terrorist units to deal with the terrorists.
India at present is the worst hot-bed of terrorism. Terrorism is being practiced in Punjab by a group of ideologically  motivated fanatics. The state has been witnessing a spate of terrorist activities right since the dawn of the last decade. Massacres of innocent people by terrorists have become a routine and regular matter. The people are gunned down with impunity in spite of the posting of large security forces in Punjab. The Khalistan Commando Force and the All Sikh Student’s Union are motivated by both vindictive and communal considerations. Even the Para-military forces deployed in Punjab are mightily terrorstricken. Khalistan is quite an unjust and preposterous demand of the fanatics because fragmentation of the motherland is the ‘murder’ of the motherland. The terrorists or militants by whatever name they are called, they are fifth columnists and traitors to the nation. The terrorists play havoc with human lives and property by perpetrating lawlessness.
