take away the powers of the state police.

Dhumal, who will be attending the NDA chief ministers’ meeting convened by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani on January 5 in New Delhi, said the BJP has backed the UPA government in passing the new law.

“There is a need to plug some loopholes and ensure that the law is effective enough to deal with those indulging in terrorist activities or anti-India activities,” he said.

The Chief Minister said he would also raise some of these points in the meeting of chief ministers convened by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on January 6 in New Delhi.

Dhumal was the first to demand convening of such a meeting immediately after the Mumbai attack.

“It’s good that the government has decided to listen to the CMs on security-related issues and also formulate a common strategy, but it would have been better if the meeting was convened before the law was passed,” he said.