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Lot of planning behind blasts: Advani

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L.K.Advani

NEW DELHI: Initiating an impromptu discussion in the Lok Sabha on the suo motu statement of Home Minister Shivraj Patil on the recent serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh, Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani said the blasts followed a set pattern of terrorist attacks.

He said serial blasts also rocked Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Delhi. It was not a single blast but a number of explosions that took place simultaneously at different places. “A lot of planning must have gone on because execution of such a plan is not a simple thing,” Mr. Advani said seeking to know what action the government had taken over the past two years and how many cases were instituted in terrorist-related incidents.

Mohan Singh (Samajwadi Party) alleged that there was no mechanism for coordination between the Central and State security and intelligence agencies and claimed that Uttar Pradesh was becoming a hub of terrorism.

Basudeb Acharia of the CPI(M) said the failure of the intelligence agencies was responsible for the “well-planned and organised” terrorist attacks in U.P. courts. He cited the example of the 1995 armsdrop case in Purulia in West Bengal and stressed the need to unite the people and strengthen the intelligence and surveillance mechanism. “Fundamentalism of any kind, whether minority or majority, is dangerous for the country,” he added.

Jitin Prasad of the Congress said terrorism could be countered only by political parties sinking their differences and unitedly putting up a spirited fight.

Rajesh Verma (BSP) defended the Mayawati government, saying all measures were being taken to counter the threat posed by terrorists. Terrorism had no purpose and it cut across all religions and castes, aiming to vitiate Hindu-Muslim unity .

Gurudas Dasgupta of the CPI pointed out that the country was sought to be destabilised by the fundamentalist forces which had foreign connections. “National unity is the only answer to tackle terrorism,” he said blaming the government for the “colossal failure of the intelligence machinery” in not being able to prevent blasts in Uttar Pradesh.

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