03-16-2006, 10:29 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>UP is sitting on the powder keg. According to the intelligence agencies, nearly half of the total 70 districts have the Islamic terrorists´ module operating, with many sleeping operatives. Kanpur is the nerve centre of anti-national activities. The largest city of Uttar Pradesh, with large floating population, provides avenues and shelter to Islamic terrorist outfits like Jaish-e-Toiba, Harkat-ul-Ansar and SIMI, in particular. The nexus between criminals and political dons, getting political patronage, provides a new dimension. The likes of Mukhtar Ansari, MLA of Mau, now charged with the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, and Atiq Ahmed, SP MP from Allahabad besides Siwan MP Shahabuddin have caused deep concern for the law and order agencies of UP. In Mau police were allegedly carrying out Ansari's dictates while a particular community was being targeted with impunity. It was only after the present Governor T.V. Rajeshwar put his foot down that Ansari was put behind the bars.</b>
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