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We should also vigorously expose the ruinous consequences of the UPA government's
failures on the internal security front. Nothing illustrates this failure more glaringly than
the manner in which the government has completely messed up the handling of the
naxal menace. Naxal extremism is spreading its tentacles to newer and hitherto
unaffected places. This became frighteningly evident when naxalites killed 17 cops near
Banaras in UP in a landmine explosion last week. The NDA government, after sustained
consultations with the governments of all the affected states, had evolved a coordinated
and multi-pronged strategy to overcome this grave threat to India's internal security. The
Congress party lost no time in dismantling this strategy by lifting the ban against the
PWG in Andhra Pradesh and inviting naxalites for talks without first insisting that they
give their arms.
As a highly respected retired police officer from Punjab recently bemoaned, "It is indeed
strange that, on the one hand the Indian government is assisting Nepal to overcome the
challenge posed by Maoists; on the other hand, the same government has legitimized
Maoists by inviting them for talks on almost equal footing."
Similarly, BJP workers everywhere should expose the UPA government's neglect of the
plight of kisans, artisans, workers in the informal sector and its blind eye towards the
unemployed youth. We should tell the people how the much-publicised Food-for-Work
programme, launched recently by the Prime Minister, is a badly repackaged version of a
similar programme started by the NDA government, with little additional resources
allocated to it. In any case, it is a far cry from the promise of providing guaranteed
employment for 150 days a year to every able-bodied person in rural areas and urban
slums.
The visible slowdown in the implementation of major infrastructure projects, initiated by
the NDA government, is a matter of deep concern. Little is being heard of the ambitious
National Highway Development Project, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, the
National Rail Vikas Yojana or the Valmiki-Ambedkar Awaas Yojana - not to speak about
the River Linking Project.
I am mentioning these only to highlight how the focus and the priority of the UPA
government have shifted from governance and development to relentless vendetta
towards the opposition and daily infighting within the ruling coalition.
Kashmir issue: Compromise of national interests will not be tolerated
Friends, recent months have seen considerable activity, at least in terms of statements
and counter-statements, between the governments of India and Pakistan on the Kashmir
issue. The BJP has made it clear on more than one occasion that the process of
normalization of relations between our two countries, which had been initiated by Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should continue. However, we are concerned that some of the
pronouncements and actions of the UPA government reflect a troubling dilution of clarity
and commitment on how to safeguard India's national interests. First came the joint
statement issued after the September meeting between Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf in New York, in which India
failed to secure a reiteration of Pakistan's commitment to renounce cross-border
terrorism as an instrument of its Kashmir policy. Such a commitment was explicitly made
in the joint statement issued after the Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting in Islamabad in
January this year.
Cross-border terrorism in J&K is still alive and kicking. A loud and rude reminder of this
came when terrorists struck in Srinagar, just 200 meters from the venue of the Prime
Minster's public meeting on November 17.
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