New Delhi (PTI): In what could be music to BJP's ears, an official study of the provisions of existing anti-terror acts shows that they have been "diluted" over a period of time.

The fact that such laws have lost teeth comes to light when provisions of anti-terror laws in India are analysed and compared with similar laws in some other countries.

The comparison, drawn by the second Administrative Reforms Commission appointed by the Centre, shows while most countries were adopting tough anti-terrorism measures, the provisions of similar laws "have been diluted in India over a period of time".

Amdist a raging debate on the need for having tougher anti-terror laws, the main opposition BJP has been accusing the Congress-led UPA at the Centre of being soft on terror and has declared that if it comes to power it would bring back POTA.

The saffron party is also making a political capital out of the "failure" of the Centre to give assent to Gujarat's GUJCOC anti-terror legislation which has similar provisions like that of MOCOCA in Congress-ruled Maharashtra.

The refrain of the Centre has been that the current provisions in various Acts are adequate enough to deal with terrorism and that certain stringent provisions of POTA have been incorporated in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.