Government soft on terror: BJP
The BJP on Sunday trained its guns on the UPA government for being “soft” on terrorism and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to come out with a comprehensive list of the terror strikes across the country during his tenure.
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NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday trained its guns on the UPA government for being “soft” on terrorism and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to come out with a comprehensive list of the terror strikes across the country during his tenure. The party is also planning to use the latest terror strike in Hyderabad to corner the government in the two Houses of Parliament. When the two Houses re-assemble on Wednesday after a 4-day gap, the BJP, according to spokesperson Sushma Swaraj, is likely to raise the issue in a big way during the Zero Hour.
Accusing the UPA government of being soft on terrorism, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani on Sunday demanded that the Centre make a statement on each terror incident that had taken place in the past three years. He also asked the Andhra Pradesh government to come clean on the terror incidents that had rocked the state over the past couple of years.
Claiming that the government had gone slow on terrorism by repealing the anti-terror law Pota, he demanded its revival for containing the menace. The party is now out to “expose the UPA government’s dismal record” on preventing such terror strikes. “The blasts in Hyderabad are the last conclusive proof of the grossly indifferent treatment, where patent political considerations have completely outweighed national security concerns,” BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged.
Citing the red-carpet welcome accorded by the “secular” parties to PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Mahdani on his release from prison after being acquitted of the charge of being involved in the Coimbatore blasts, the BJP leader said the manner in which the Congress joined the Left in showcasing him as the messiah of the minorities gave a wrong signal to terrorists and their sponsors in India and abroad that acts of terrorism were tradeable for votes in our country.
In the wake of the Mecca masjid blasts three months ago, Mr Prasad maintained, there were intelligence warnings on more such attacks in Hyderabad. “It gives a new urgency to the fight against terrorism and its criminal negligence by the Congress-led UPA,” the BJP spokesman said.
Accusing the UPA government of being soft on terrorism, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani on Sunday demanded that the Centre make a statement on each terror incident that had taken place in the past three years. He also asked the Andhra Pradesh government to come clean on the terror incidents that had rocked the state over the past couple of years.
Claiming that the government had gone slow on terrorism by repealing the anti-terror law Pota, he demanded its revival for containing the menace. The party is now out to “expose the UPA government’s dismal record” on preventing such terror strikes. “The blasts in Hyderabad are the last conclusive proof of the grossly indifferent treatment, where patent political considerations have completely outweighed national security concerns,” BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged.
Citing the red-carpet welcome accorded by the “secular” parties to PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Mahdani on his release from prison after being acquitted of the charge of being involved in the Coimbatore blasts, the BJP leader said the manner in which the Congress joined the Left in showcasing him as the messiah of the minorities gave a wrong signal to terrorists and their sponsors in India and abroad that acts of terrorism were tradeable for votes in our country.
In the wake of the Mecca masjid blasts three months ago, Mr Prasad maintained, there were intelligence warnings on more such attacks in Hyderabad. “It gives a new urgency to the fight against terrorism and its criminal negligence by the Congress-led UPA,” the BJP spokesman said.
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The BJP and its alliance partners are likely to hold a meeting after the two Houses of Parliament re-open on Wednesday to finalise their plans on cornering the Manmohan Singh government over the issue.Download
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