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`Centre appeasing Muslims'

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Manmohan Singh Govt. going soft on terrorism, says BJP

NEW DELHI: A number of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders led by former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday accused the Congress-led Manmohan Singh Government at the Centre of following a policy of appeasement towards Muslims and going soft on terrorism.

Speaking at a protest meeting organised at the Delhi BJP office here, Dr. Joshi said while China and Pakistan were trying to redraw the map of India, the United Progressive Alliance Government was not protecting the Indian borders effectively. Instead, he charged, the Congress was more interested in stalling the hanging of the Parliament attack case accused Afzal Guru since it wants to get Muslim votes.

South Delhi MP and BJP spokesperson V.K. Malhotra charged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while welcoming the proposal of Pakistan had almost handed over Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan by opening the borders of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir. "The Government is well aware that terrorist camps are being run in PoK but in spite of that they are opening the borders. This will help terrorists enter India."

Prof. Malhotra also accused the Congress of taking decisions with an eye on the Muslim vote. Seven committees have been constituted for their appeasement, he added.

BJP national general secretary Arun Jaitly also said that the Congress was creating a political agenda for division of India. Stating that the Sachar Committee was a move in that direction, he charged that this was the first time since Independence that a conspiracy had been hatched by the Union Government to destroy the country through such policies.

Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan said the Sachar Committee report would impact the unity and integrity of the country since it would create divisions in society and further alienate Muslim from the national mainstream.

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