Re-enact POTA immediately: Advani

Guided by vote bank politics, the UPA government, soon after assuming office, repealed POTA, Advani, who visited the injured in hospitals and enquired about their condition, said.

He said UPA government’s weak reponse to tackle terror had emboldened militants, adding its campaign against POTA was ‘most irresponsible, short-sighted and inimical to national interests’.

“What is worse, the Congress and its allies took pride in having disarmed law enforcement agencies of the most potent weapon to combat terror,” Advani said.

The record of the UPA government in tackling terrorism was dismal, he said, “In its four years in office, it has failed to prosecute and punish any one involved in numerous terror strikes in different parts of the country.”