10-04-2006, 08:35 PM
<b>BJP to approach Kalam to oppose Afzal's clemency</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley dubbed moves to save Afzal from the gallows as acts of "misplaced sympathy" and alleged Congress "had no strategy in place to tackle terrorism".
Talking to reporters after a meeting of the party's core group on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, he said BJP would seek an appointment with Kalam to submit a memorandum against Afzal who "plotted to eliminate the country's political establishment".
Jaitley, whose party aims at reviving its national security plank ahead of assembly polls in four Hindi heartland states, said the moves for mercy for Afzal would give "fillip" to terrorism.
He accused Congress of being unable to deal with terrorism which he alleged has escalated especially in Jammu and Kashmir
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Talking to reporters after a meeting of the party's core group on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, he said BJP would seek an appointment with Kalam to submit a memorandum against Afzal who "plotted to eliminate the country's political establishment".
Jaitley, whose party aims at reviving its national security plank ahead of assembly polls in four Hindi heartland states, said the moves for mercy for Afzal would give "fillip" to terrorism.
He accused Congress of being unable to deal with terrorism which he alleged has escalated especially in Jammu and Kashmir
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