07-13-2006, 01:49 AM
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PIoneer.com
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
In a blistering attack on the Centre for compromising national security, the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday told the United Progressive Alliance Government to either "govern or get out" in the interest of the nation and the people.
Taking stock of the internal security scenario in the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai trains and the deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP passed a strongly worded resolution at the meeting of the party's national office-bearers on Wednesday, stating, "Govern or get out. It must choose between the vote and India."
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee also attended the meeting chaired by party president Rajnath Singh. The party would hold demonstrations in the State Capitals on July 15-17 to protest against the terrorist attacks.
Referring to the "soft approach" of the Centre in tackling the problem of terrorism, the <b>BJP accused the Government of not doing enough to ensure that Pakistan's territory was not abused for exporting terrorism to India. "India has become a soft state under the UPA's two-years rule," </b>the resolution said.
<b>"BJP feels that so long as the infrastructure of terrorism continues to operate from Pakistan, there is no scope for lasting peace. The UPA Government has not ensured that the Government of Pakistan fulfils its commitments made to AB Vajpayee in January 2004 that any territory under its control would not be used for cross-border terrorism," </b>the resolution said.
The strongly worded one-page BJP resolution paints a gloomy picture of the security scenario. "The people of India feel insecure in their religious, political, financial and scientific centres. The chain of terror has thus linked Varanasi to Bangalore to Mumbai to Delhi to Srinagar," the resolution said.
Lambasting the Government for adopting a dilly-dallying approach in tackling the menace of terrorism for the sake of vote-bank politics, the BJP alleged, <b>"The UPA Government has sent consistent signals that the initiative against terrorism can be traded for votes. The UPA and its allies have totally failed in their approach and method of containing terrorism."</b>
Firing the POTA salvo at the UPA Government, the BJP said, "<b>The UPA has created an environment wherein the infrastructure of terrorism can breed, promote itself, and subsequently create havoc in the country. For the entire UPA, the annulment of POTA was promoted as the only means of saving secularism."</b>
<b>"Nothing can be more glaring than this - that the pursuit of vote takes precedence over the security of the country. Yet another perverted example of vote-banks politics is the UP Government's declaration that it would not implement the ban on the Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI). Under the UPA, India has become a soft state," </b>the resolution said.
Expressing solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai and Srinagar, the party appealed to the "people of India to stand united during this challenging moment when a threat to the peace, harmony, and sovereignty of India has been thrown up. During the last two years recurrent incidents of terrorist attacks have taken place reflecting a larger design to destabilise India."
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani said in Mumbai that<b> the blasts were "a warlike act of aggression" against the country.</b>
Advani, who could not attend the meeting as he reached Mumbai from Ahmedabad on Wednesday to meet the relatives of the blast victims and those injured, said, <b>"This was not the usual case of bomb blasts. It can only be termed as carpet bombing along the lifeline of the country's commercial Capital, and hence a warlike act of aggression against India itself."</b>
Advani said that Tuesday's terrorist attack was far more well co-ordinated than the blasts on the London Underground. "Executing such an attack on seven running trains at seven different places within a short span of 15 minutes could not have been possible without a deep-rooted conspiracy and meticulous planning," he said
"What is also obvious is that it could not have been possible without a nexus between a terrorist infrastructure outside the country and a supportive terrorist infrastructure inside the country. It is evident that the Government of Pakistan has not kept its commitment to dismantle the anti-India terrorist infrastructure on Pakistan soil. However, it is entirely within the ambit of responsibility of the Governments of India and Maharashtra to demolish the terrorist modules operating within our country," Advani said.
Referring to the media reports suggesting the hand of SIMI in Mumbai's serial blasts, Advani said, "Its footprints, and the footprints of similar anti-national elements in India must be investigated and erased. These blasts have yet again brought to the fore the need for an effective anti-terrorist law both at the national and State levels."
Though mild in tone but stern in appeal, Advani cautioned the Government not to make any mistakes in unraveling the heinous conspiracy to carry out the dastardly blasts. "Since the attack took place in the trains, I hope the Government of India does not yet again institute a separate inquiry by the Railways to prove, as it did after the carnage in Godhra, that this was also an accident and not the result of a conspiracy by anti-national elements," Advani said.
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PIoneer.com
Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi
In a blistering attack on the Centre for compromising national security, the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday told the United Progressive Alliance Government to either "govern or get out" in the interest of the nation and the people.
Taking stock of the internal security scenario in the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai trains and the deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP passed a strongly worded resolution at the meeting of the party's national office-bearers on Wednesday, stating, "Govern or get out. It must choose between the vote and India."
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee also attended the meeting chaired by party president Rajnath Singh. The party would hold demonstrations in the State Capitals on July 15-17 to protest against the terrorist attacks.
Referring to the "soft approach" of the Centre in tackling the problem of terrorism, the <b>BJP accused the Government of not doing enough to ensure that Pakistan's territory was not abused for exporting terrorism to India. "India has become a soft state under the UPA's two-years rule," </b>the resolution said.
<b>"BJP feels that so long as the infrastructure of terrorism continues to operate from Pakistan, there is no scope for lasting peace. The UPA Government has not ensured that the Government of Pakistan fulfils its commitments made to AB Vajpayee in January 2004 that any territory under its control would not be used for cross-border terrorism," </b>the resolution said.
The strongly worded one-page BJP resolution paints a gloomy picture of the security scenario. "The people of India feel insecure in their religious, political, financial and scientific centres. The chain of terror has thus linked Varanasi to Bangalore to Mumbai to Delhi to Srinagar," the resolution said.
Lambasting the Government for adopting a dilly-dallying approach in tackling the menace of terrorism for the sake of vote-bank politics, the BJP alleged, <b>"The UPA Government has sent consistent signals that the initiative against terrorism can be traded for votes. The UPA and its allies have totally failed in their approach and method of containing terrorism."</b>
Firing the POTA salvo at the UPA Government, the BJP said, "<b>The UPA has created an environment wherein the infrastructure of terrorism can breed, promote itself, and subsequently create havoc in the country. For the entire UPA, the annulment of POTA was promoted as the only means of saving secularism."</b>
<b>"Nothing can be more glaring than this - that the pursuit of vote takes precedence over the security of the country. Yet another perverted example of vote-banks politics is the UP Government's declaration that it would not implement the ban on the Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI). Under the UPA, India has become a soft state," </b>the resolution said.
Expressing solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai and Srinagar, the party appealed to the "people of India to stand united during this challenging moment when a threat to the peace, harmony, and sovereignty of India has been thrown up. During the last two years recurrent incidents of terrorist attacks have taken place reflecting a larger design to destabilise India."
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani said in Mumbai that<b> the blasts were "a warlike act of aggression" against the country.</b>
Advani, who could not attend the meeting as he reached Mumbai from Ahmedabad on Wednesday to meet the relatives of the blast victims and those injured, said, <b>"This was not the usual case of bomb blasts. It can only be termed as carpet bombing along the lifeline of the country's commercial Capital, and hence a warlike act of aggression against India itself."</b>
Advani said that Tuesday's terrorist attack was far more well co-ordinated than the blasts on the London Underground. "Executing such an attack on seven running trains at seven different places within a short span of 15 minutes could not have been possible without a deep-rooted conspiracy and meticulous planning," he said
"What is also obvious is that it could not have been possible without a nexus between a terrorist infrastructure outside the country and a supportive terrorist infrastructure inside the country. It is evident that the Government of Pakistan has not kept its commitment to dismantle the anti-India terrorist infrastructure on Pakistan soil. However, it is entirely within the ambit of responsibility of the Governments of India and Maharashtra to demolish the terrorist modules operating within our country," Advani said.
Referring to the media reports suggesting the hand of SIMI in Mumbai's serial blasts, Advani said, "Its footprints, and the footprints of similar anti-national elements in India must be investigated and erased. These blasts have yet again brought to the fore the need for an effective anti-terrorist law both at the national and State levels."
Though mild in tone but stern in appeal, Advani cautioned the Government not to make any mistakes in unraveling the heinous conspiracy to carry out the dastardly blasts. "Since the attack took place in the trains, I hope the Government of India does not yet again institute a separate inquiry by the Railways to prove, as it did after the carnage in Godhra, that this was also an accident and not the result of a conspiracy by anti-national elements," Advani said.
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