BJP resolution says Cong, Left helping terror

According to the BJP, Islamic terrorism is often regarded as “silly behaviour of some misdirected boys”. The Congress is accused of releasing suspects in Hyderabad blasts under pressure from a Muslim political party.

The Congress and Left are also accused of competing for public demonstration of loyalty to an extremist leader like Abdul Nasser Mahdani, the main accused in the Coimbatore blasts.

“The Congress had sought and obtained help from ULFA just before the last Assembly elections. While infiltration from Bangladesh continues unabated, Hindi-speaking Indians are being driven out,” the resolution says and alleges that the politicians in power and ULFA are hand in glove. “The state Government is soft towards anti-nationals with a view to consolidating its vote bank.” In Jammu and Kashmir, which accounts for the maximum terror casualties, the BJP notes that the so-called secular parties have sought reduction in the strength of the Army and its withdrawal from many crucial areas.

In Andhra Pradesh, the resolution alleges, the Congress entered into an “underhand deal” with Left-wing extremists prior to the elections and after assuming office the party’s Government paid back the debt by declaring a ceasefire. “All police operations were put on hold, giving enough time to the Naxalites to regroup and increase their capacity to hit the Indian state and civil society,” it says.

Even the UPA is accused of keeping only political expediency and not national interest in mind while dealing with the Naxal menace. The UPA dismantled the centralised coordination network put in place by the NDA, it says.

Expectedly, only the BJP’s Chhattisgarh unit receives the National Executive’s appreciation for the “bold initiative” of Salwa Judum. Here too the Centre is accused of not extending the necessary help to the state Government because of “narrow political considerations”. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gets a mention for his comment that he spent “sleepless nights” over an Indian being suspected of involvement in a terrorist attack in the UK. The BJP asks why he had not shed any tears for the hundreds who die in terror attacks in India.

“Thanks to this ‘soft’ approach, India has emerged as the terror capital of the world, accounting for 3,674 deaths since 2004, a number surpassed only by war-torn Iraq,” the resolution says.