India, March 19 -- Union minister of state (MoS) for home Nityanand Rai on Wednesday sent a strong message to terrorists, saying they "will either face jail time or meet their demise."

"Earlier, the terrorists used to be glorified, they were even given great food. But now, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its zero tolerance towards terrorism, there have been zero terrorist incidents in the hinterland...Terrorists will either go to jail or hell," ANI quoted Rai as saying during his reply during the question hour in Rajya Sabha on the issue of terrorism.

"The Modi government has a policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism. The government is taking all steps to end terrorism. As a result, there has been a 71 per cent decrease in ter...