Terrorists on the run, Centre doing nothing: BJP

Harping on the internal security situation issue, BJP chief Rajnath Singh said the UPA govt neither has the will nor any 'concrete action plan or strategy' to counter terrorism.

In a direct attack on the Prime Minister, the BJP on Monday blamed the National Security Council NSC headed by him of 8220;failure8221; in preventing terror attacks and demanded that the 8220;responsibility and accountability8221; of the wing be fixed.

Harping on the internal security situation issue, BJP chief Rajnath Singh said the UPA government neither has the will nor any 8220;concrete action plan or strategy8221; to counter terrorism, thus giving an impression that India was 8220;soft8221; on terrorists.

8220;What is the accountability and responsibility of the NSC which functions under the Prime Minister and his team. It has become just a scare-monger,8221; he said, reacting to Sunday night8217;s deadly blast at a film theatre in Ludhiana.

The NSC was managed by the Prime Minister8217;s Office PMO and it was time the 8220;accountability and responsibility8221; of the wing was fixed, he said. The National Security Advisor NSA only creates fear in the minds of the people by predicting terror strikes, he added.

8220;Terrorist incidents are on the rise. Terrorists are having a free run. The whole country is worried but the Home Ministry is just predicting and doing nothing,8221; he said.

Singh also accused the government of 8220;tying the hands8221; of intelligence and security agencies. 8220;The security agencies have become handicapped. The government is not allowing them to function on the basis of credible information,8221; he added.

Singh alleged the Congress-led government has instructed security agencies not to act against terrorists unless there is 8220;credible evidence8221; and this has drained the morale of security forces.

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8220;The attitude of the government is favouring terrorists. It has strengthened their resolve,8221; he said and sought to know whether the Manmohan Singh administration has taken the task of counter-terrorism as a challenge.

8220;All the countries which are facing the scourge of terrorism have effective anti-terror laws whereas the Congress led government here has dismantled POTA, enacted by the NDA government,8221; he said.

Singh said the BJP would 8220;fully support8221; the government if it enacts an 8220;effective8221; anti-terror legislation on the lines of POTA or comes out with a concrete action plan to tackle the challenge.

8220;India has become a soft state under the UPA government. It has also not taken any diplomatic initiative to ensure that the ISI is put on international watch list,8221; the BJP President alleged.

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He also asked the government to come out with the data on the number of terrorists killed and sleeper modules unearthed in the last three-and-a-half years and claimed that the recent terror attacks were the handiwork of sleeper cells.