NEW DELHI: In a hard-hitting resolution here on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party told the Government that it must "either govern or get out."

With continued terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Srinagar, Bangalore, Varanasi, Delhi, and other places, and with the terrorist infrastructure intact in Pakistan, the party felt that "there is no scope for lasting peace" with Pakistan, which had failed to fulfil the commitments it made to contain terrorism in a joint statement in Islamabad in January 2004.

In the one-page resolution adopted at a meeting of central party office-bearers, chaired by party president Rajnath Singh here on Wednesday, the party blamed the United Progressive Alliance Government of creating an "environment wherein the infrastructure of terrorism can breed, promote itself, and create havoc in the country."

The resolution said the recurring terror attacks over the last two years showed a larger design to destabilise India. The UPA and its allies had totally failed in their approach and method of containing terrorism.

The BJP was also critical of the UPA Government for repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) enacted during the National Democratic Alliance regime. It pointed out that while the Centre had banned the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the UPA's ally, the Samajwadi Party, had said it would not do so in Uttar Pradesh.

The BJP blamed the UPA for "consistently signalling" that "the initiative against terrorism can be traded for votes".

The UPA was afraid to take strong and firm action against terrorism for fear of losing or annoying the Muslim vote, it alleged.

It appealed to people "to stand united" at this challenging time when a "threat to peace, harmony and sovereignty" of the country had been thrown up.

Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad, briefing reporters on the deliberations of the meeting and releasing the resolution, said the party would organise demonstrations before Raj Bhavans on July 15 and 16.

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