BJP blames ISI for Jaipur blasts

Speaking to the media in Hyderabad, he alleged that ISI-sponsored terrorism was thriving in the country due to the “UPA Government’s failure to take stringent action to curb terrorism, succumbing to vote bank politics”. The serial blasts in Jaipur were the handiwork of ISI-backed terrorist organisations, he said.

Meanwhile, the BJP has asked the Centre to convene a meeting of chief ministers to evolve a joint strategy on terror. Addressing the media in Delhi, party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad demanded an early re-introduction of POTA. However, he didn’t support the Congress’s demand for a federal agency to fight the Terror network in the country. “The party will give its opinion when the Centre comes out with a structured proposal,” he said to the demand which was originally mooted by L K Advani.

“During the NDA regime, there were five major terror attacks in the hinterland. In the last three years, there have been 22. On an average, 2,500 terrorists were killed every year from 1999 to 2003. The figure is now down to about 1,185,” he added.

In Hyderabad, the BJP president also slammed the UPA Government for “a string of unkempt promises resulting in nothing but miseries for the aam aadmi during its four-year rule”.

Singh said: “Even after four years in office, the UPA Government is still standing at the starting point as it has failed to fulfill most of its promises made to the country.” He added that the UPA Government should ensure that “China’s strategic expansion should not happen at the cost of our own strategic interests”.