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Reintroduce POTA, says BJP Yuva Morcha

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Its withdrawal has given a new lease of life to terrorists: MLA

GULBARGA: The State unit of BJP Yuva Morcha has demanded that the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre should re-introduce the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), taking into account the increase in terrorist activities.

C.T. Ravi, MLA and president of the State unit of the BJP Yuva Morcha, told presspersons here on Tuesday that withdrawal of the Act had given a new lease of life to terrorists. As much as 40 per cent of the areas in the country was affected by terrorist activities. It had killed several thousands and affected lakhs of families, he said.

Mr. Ravi said that even places such as Gulbarga had become a centre of terrorist activity.

A blast in a church at Wadi a few years ago and the recent arrest of a Lashkar-e-Taiba activist in Gulbarga city had revealed the designs of terrorist organisations to make Gulbarga a safe haven, he said.

Tight vigil sought

Security agencies should keep close vigil on the movement of the outsiders, particularly those who visit the country in the name of spreading their religion, Mr. Ravi said.

The Yuva Morcha would organise a State-level convention for amity among all sections of society and to fight against social evils such as untouchability. It would be held in Bangalore on May 31, he said.

Mr. Ravi welcomed the demand for a CBI probe into the mining scandal made by Mallikarjun Kharge, president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.

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