UPA soft towards Pakistan on terrorism: BJP

Patna, Jan 7: The BJP today charged the Congress-led UPA government with being soft towards Pakistan on the issue of terrorism and alleged that by giving green signal for constitution of an India-Pakistan mechanism to fight terrorism it had paved the way for Pakistan to slip away from the group of countries fanning separatist movements.

During its two-day state executive meeting, the BJP hardened its stand against the UPA over the issue of terrorism and alleged that even after having concrete proof of Pakistan backing terrorist attacks in India, the Union government was deliberately ignoring the fact of the neighbouring country's hand in sponsoring acts of terrorism. The state executive members said the BJP-led NDA government had succeeded in placing Pakistan as a ''terrorist sponsoring'' nation but the present government at the Centre failed in mustering courage to take action against the Pakistani terrorists and the attacks made in India by the terrorist groups patronised by the neighbouring country.

The executive alleged that during the Foreign Secretaries level meeting in the month of October, the Indian authorities did not make the efforts even to mention the fact about involvement of Pakistan in July 11 serial attacks in Mumbai. The Commissioner level inquiry which exposed Pakistans hand behind the attack went in vain.

The BJP adopted a resolution to defeat the''dangerous political conspiracy''of the UPA aimed at destabilising the country. The party alleged that the central government was being soft towards the hard core terrorists under its Muslim appeasment policy for its ''vote bank.''The POTA law enacted by the NDA had put a check on the terrorists, the executive members of the BJP said but the UPA repealed it in the name of being it as ''anti Muslim.'' Repealing of POTA gave clear indications of UPA's soft stand towards the terrorists, the BJP said.

The resolution further alleged that the Congress-led UPA was ''shielding disruptive forces involved in destabilising the country under its Muslim appeasment policy fuelling the communal feelings.'' It alleged that the Sachar committee survey created ''communal feelings in the defence'' and dubbed the statement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as ''anti constitutionalin which he had stated that the Muslims had the first right on the countrys resources. It is Congress ''which had used Muslim minorities as its vote bank and deliberately ignored their development since independence,'' the resolution alleged.

The BJP in the resolution also took a dig at the Uttar Pradesh Government for not banning Students Islamic Movements of India(SIMI) saying that instead of taking action against the organisation, the government lifted the cases filed against SIMI president.

The resolution further alleged that the Congress and the RJD during its long rule ''ignored the sensitive issue of internal security including that of Bihar.'' It added that the ''state patronage to the extremist outfits during the RJD regime for the power sake helped the Maoists, ISI and SIMI in flourishing in Bihar specially in the bordering areas on the northern parts of the state. The union of Left-supported extremist organisations and Maoists was a big threat for the state and the Jehanabad jail break was a glaring example of it.It was also a matter of serious concern that the serial blasts in Mumbai had links in Madhubani and Phulwarisharif of Bihar.'' Through the resolution the state executive urged Bihar government to control such disruptive forces and those patronising them in order to maintain harmony, peace and to strengthen the internal security of the state.

The state executive of the BJP opined that every citizen was equal including Muslims and cautioned ''the Congress-led UPA to avoid using them as vote bank.'' Through the resolution the BJP state executive vowed to expose the pro-Pakistan and ''pro-terrorist'' policies of the UPA and resolved to ''defeat the Centres moves which were against the interest of the country.''

UNI