Ahmedabad/Surat, Nov 27: The top BJP leaders seem to be eyeing to make 'terrorism' a subject
matter of debate in the run up to the crucial elections in Gujarat as both
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday
- almost sharing similar sentiments - tried to rake up the terror bogey.
On a day, Prime Minister said in his monthly radio programme
'Mann-Ki-Baat' that terrorism has taken an 'ugly shape' and has emerged as a
global threat, Mr Jaitley, also a former Defence Minister, tried to drive home
the point that the Modi government has able to fight terror elements in Jammu
and Kashmir especially by making use of measures like demonetisation that
'squeezed' fund flow for the anti-national forces. Political observers in Gujarat point out that strong
anti-terror stance has been always a forte for the saffron party in the state
especially on the eve of elections. In 2002, Mr Modi himself made a repeated
reference to 'Mia-Musharraf' (when Gen Pervez Musharraf was in power) to
castigate Pakistan for its support to terrorism.
In 2007 also - terror elements and measures to fight it had figured prominently in the form of controversy pertaining to 'Sohrabuddin encounter. In fact, the issue only boomeranged on Congress when Sonia Gandhi made the now infamous jibe 'Maut-ka-saudagar (Merchant of Death)' against the BJP leadership. "On November 8 last year, we introduced note ban and it had a major impact. Those who used to distribute money to stone pelters are not able to gather even 100 youth to pelt stones in the past eight to 10 months after demonetisation," Mr Jaitely said in Surat on Sunday after listening to Prime Minister's 'Mann Ki Baat' speech. For his part, Mr Jaitley said concerted effort must be made globally to fight the menace of terrorism. Mr Jaitley further has said: "Our biggest problem is Kashmir. Narendrabhai government inherited a situation where there was a civil disobedience- like situation three years ago. Thousands of stone pelters would gather to protest against stray incidents. Terrorists would mount attacks with impunity and Hurriyat leaders could close down the valley with one call.
Today, the situation has changed. The person who becomes the commander of Lashkar knows he will be alive for two to three months. The intelligence network has been strengthened right down to the village level". In Rajkot on Sunday immediately after Prime Minister's 'Mann-Ki-Baat' speech, a Patel housewife in University Road area lauded the central government for what she said "taking tough and befitting measures" to fight terrorism. "As a Patidar, I may feel aggrieved against BJP on reservation issue. But when it comes to nationalism and fighting terrorism, I have no choice, but to back the Modi-led dispensation," remarked Snigdha Patel. UNI
In 2007 also - terror elements and measures to fight it had figured prominently in the form of controversy pertaining to 'Sohrabuddin encounter. In fact, the issue only boomeranged on Congress when Sonia Gandhi made the now infamous jibe 'Maut-ka-saudagar (Merchant of Death)' against the BJP leadership. "On November 8 last year, we introduced note ban and it had a major impact. Those who used to distribute money to stone pelters are not able to gather even 100 youth to pelt stones in the past eight to 10 months after demonetisation," Mr Jaitely said in Surat on Sunday after listening to Prime Minister's 'Mann Ki Baat' speech. For his part, Mr Jaitley said concerted effort must be made globally to fight the menace of terrorism. Mr Jaitley further has said: "Our biggest problem is Kashmir. Narendrabhai government inherited a situation where there was a civil disobedience- like situation three years ago. Thousands of stone pelters would gather to protest against stray incidents. Terrorists would mount attacks with impunity and Hurriyat leaders could close down the valley with one call.
Today, the situation has changed. The person who becomes the commander of Lashkar knows he will be alive for two to three months. The intelligence network has been strengthened right down to the village level". In Rajkot on Sunday immediately after Prime Minister's 'Mann-Ki-Baat' speech, a Patel housewife in University Road area lauded the central government for what she said "taking tough and befitting measures" to fight terrorism. "As a Patidar, I may feel aggrieved against BJP on reservation issue. But when it comes to nationalism and fighting terrorism, I have no choice, but to back the Modi-led dispensation," remarked Snigdha Patel. UNI
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