POTA a failed law, says Rahul Gandhi

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Posted: Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 at 1337 hrs IST Jalandhar September 24::

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With Opposition BJP targeting the UPA government for allegedly being soft on terrorism, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the country needed a tough anti-terror law but not a ‘failed’ statute like POTA.

"There should be a strong law to deal with terror. A powerful law, not a failed law. POTA is a failed law," the 38-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family said after a three-day visit to Punjab.

"When POTA was in operation, Parliament was attacked. We almost lost our MPs, Home Minister and the Prime Minister. When it was in operation, Kandahar took place," the Congress general secretary said, adding ‘fighting terrorism requires political will’.

In the wake of the serial blasts in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Jaipur, the Opposition BJP has been demanding reviving of the stringent POTA, that was scrapped by the UPA government.

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rahul gandhiBy: hriday solanki | 25-Feb-2009 Reply | Forward Rahul Gandhi, what a joker.. may be we should encourage him to have more road shows campaigning for Congress. Then we can be sure of BJP Rule and Ram Rajya for the next five years at least..

Advani should u/stand Rahul GandhiBy: real bharatiya | 25-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward poor advani is comparing USA

POTABy: Pran | 24-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward Rahul wants the same law by witch he was let off by FBI in America on request by PMO for possessing unlawful money.

Rahul Gandhi!!!!By: Sana | 24-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward Great Job Rahul Gandhi!!! Congratulations on your thesis on terrorism. You should be given big no good award which seems to be the order of the day. Where do you get off claiming expertise in handling terrorism, when the evidence points to nothing but violence in your government's term and when its your government that does all the mischief making and roping in self serving people to do your dirty job . Stop right now as people see you what you really are. Stick with your family's money and try and actually do something worthwhile without being in the limelight for once.

Rahul Gandhi!!!!By: Sana | 24-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward What can we expect from Rahul Gandhi? All he does is try so hard to be in the news and say the wrong things and hope that he will be elected, which by the way some foolish people do too. He behaves like a kid and has no idea what is good for India and looks like all he cares is his GANDHI legacy which he has nothing to do with. We do not need politicians like him, or Sonia or the bunch of buffoons that they surround themselves with. Nor do we need the other set of idiots that are supporting them. Manmohan Singh is a good guy, but he has disappointed the entire country by playing loyal to Sonia Gandhi. We need tough people to rule, as the country is facing more and more challenges everyday, terrorism, illeteracy, conversion, caste system(even now?), female infanticide, crime, not so friendly neighbours on all fronts, over population and what not. So Rahul Gandhi please shut up and let knowledgable people do their job. Keep your inexperienced opinion to yourself.