Allahabad, Dec 07: The Congress on Sunday said the UPA government is working on a legislation to rein in elements involved in spreading communal hatred so that the menace of terror can be nipped in the bud.
"The UPA government at the Centre is of the view that it is religious fundamentalism which further degenerates into terrorism.
"A proposed Act is under consideration before a Parliament standing committee wherein there are a number of proposals to tighten the noose around those involved in whipping up communal passions. This will help us nip terrorism in the bud," AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh told newspersons here.
Rejecting the demand for re-enactment of POTA, Singh, however, said the Prime Minister himself was considering "feasible amendments to the National Security Act which would give more teeth to the agencies fighting the menace of terrorism".
He, however, maintained that the need of the hour was preventing acts of terrorism "irrespective of the religious or ideological beliefs of the perpetrators".
"Our laws must be able to effectively deal with people like Raj Thackeray, who in the name of regional pride, cause much social tension just because there is no way they can be booked under a non-bailable section," Singh added.
Rebutting the BJP's charge that the UPA has been soft on terror, the AICC general secretary said, "While the Congress-led coalition has already done its political bit in the aftermath of Mumbai blasts, the NDA did nothing of that sort when it was in power.
"Shivraj Patil has resigned from the post of Union Home Minister so has Vilasrao Deshmukh from the Chief Ministership of Maharashtra. Why did the then Home Minister L K Advani made no such gesture when Parliament was attacked, which was undoubtedly a much bigger intelligence and security lapse," Singh asked.
The senior Congress leader also defended the minuscule cut in petrol and diesel prices and said, "We need to remember that the domestic prices had not risen in the same measure as the international crude prices. Hence, it is not fair to expect a drop in petrol prices in proportion to the fall in international prices."
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister expressed the hope that the Congress will "fare well" in the states, where polling was held recently and results were expected shortly.
He also asserted that the party's ties with the Samajwadi Party were heading in the right direction and hoped that the contentious issue of seat-sharing will be resolved before the
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For this chap, anything spoken against Islam is communalism and terrorism is only a fair response to communalism. It is best he circumcises, puts on a fez cap and declares his loyalty to Allah. -K.Venugopal - Mumbai
this law if come in force will be used against hindus only as no one has guts to take action on most communal and unpatriotic muslims.no state has taken any proper action against muslims creating law and order problems,police is either scared to take action for the scare of immediate suspension and transfer and are not given any latest arms and equipment to deal with situation during communal flareup instead police forces in states like up are not even provided bullets for their rifles by appeasers like mullayam and maya memsaheb. -desh bhakt - india
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