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This is an archive article published on February 8, 2008

Talking terror will not get you PM146;s post, Advani told

Advani can not reach Prime Ministership by designating UPA government synonymous with terrorism, says Congress.

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The Centre on Friday rubbished senior BJP leader L K Advani8217;s criticism of the UPA government8217;s handling of internal security and said that by doing so 8220;the Prime Minister-in-waiting8221; was creating an atmosphere of fear and tension.

Striking a defensive note over the Centre8217;s internal security record, Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal told a press conference here that 8220;it is unfortunate that the former Home Minister is making such statements to create an atmosphere of fear and tension8221;.

8220;It seems that Advani8217;s intention is to generate insecurity by talking of terrorism. Such statements should not be merely denied, but strongly condemned,8221; he said.

Giving comparative figures of the internal security situation during the regimes of NDA and UPA, Jaiswal asserted there has been a 70 per cent improvement in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, while the position had not deteriorated in the Northeast, if not improved.

So far as the naxal menace was concerned, he said barring Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Bihar, the problem had been contained up to 90 per cent in other parts.

8220;Unfortunately, the party of the Prime Minister-in-waiting is in power in three of these four states.

He can at least ask the chief ministers of these states to control the problem,8221; he said.

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Jaiswal said that as part of a well-planned strategy to 8220;defame8221; the UPA, Advani was saying that UPA government is synonymous with terrorism. 8220;By saying all this, he will not be able to jump to the Prime Minister8217;s post,8221; he added.

 

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