07-31-2008, 06:27 AM
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Terror activities on the rise in State: BJP
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Staff Reporter
MALAMPUZHA (PALAKKAD): Kerala is becoming the centre of planning and intelligence for terrorist groups in the country, BJP State president P.K. Krishnadas has said.
Inaugurating a three-day State âshibiramâ of the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha at Hotel Triptenta here on Wednesday, Mr. Krishnadas said the terrorists arrested after the recent Jaipur bomb blasts were the same people who were arrested from Thanayikulam at Aluva in 2006.
The Kerala police had arrested 18 SIMI workers at Aluva. But 13 of them were set free and cases were charged against 5 of them incorporating weak provisions.
When these militants were set free there was opposition from a section of the police force in the State. Thus, the soft stand taken by the Kerala government had led to the bomb blasts in Jaipur, he alleged.
The BJP leader said the militants were having a free run here because of the support they get from the ruling and Opposition parties. They are placating a particular community with an eye on their vote bank. He said the service of paramilitary forces should be sought by the State government to effectively curb the activities of terrorists and militants operating from here. A âKashmir model operationâ against terrorism should be implemented in the State too, he said.
The meeting was presided over by Yuva Morcha State president K. Surendran. It was addressed by BJP State secretary A.N. Radhakrishnan, Yuva Morch secretary P.N. Venugopal and district president P. Sabu.