All terrorist attacks are against Hinduism: Dr Swamy

NEW DELHI: Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy has termed Wednesday’s  Lashkar-e-Tayyeba attack on the prestigious Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, which claimed the life of ace scientist Dr MC Puri, an attack against Hinduism. “Terrorism in India cannot be fought unless three things are understood by the people.  The terrorist violence is primarily against the Hindus whether in Bangalore or Agartala and hence planned as a part of the conspiracy of Pakistan’s ISI to weaken the Hindu foundation of India,” Dr Swamy said in a statement released to the press on Thursday. The former Union Minister for Law and Company Affairs pointed out that the Hindus were under siege in India.

Dr Swamy said the Congreess and Sonia Gandhi have lost the moral rights to rule the country in the background of the continued terrorist attacks all over India. “Elsewhere in the country such as Andhra, Kashmir, North East, the Congress Governments have been negotiating with terrorists even while they have continued the killing spree. Moreover, the Congress Party has lost all moral authority to speak against terrorism after Sonia Gandhi, the Party President and widow of LTTE – assassinated Rajiv Gandhi, negotiated an electoral alliance with those political parties in Tamil Nadu who are stooges of the LTTE. Today pre-LTTE persons are Union Ministers in the UPA Government,” said Dr Swamy.   

He also said that the murderous attack in the campus of the hallowed Indian Institute of Science was a symptom of the failed and soft policies towards terrorism of the Congress Party. Dr Swamy blasted the Congress for capitulating before terrorists for long. “When bandit Veerappan kidnapped cine actor Raj Kumar, the Congress Government according to a Director General of Police of the state (who upon retiring wrote a book) paid Rs. 20 crores as ransom and released from prison 15 confirmed criminals of the Veerappan gang to appease the bandit,” Dr Swamy said.

Dr Swamy, an economist of international repute wanted the union government to legislate a national anti-terrorist policy to fight the various terrorist groups from Kashmir to Kanyakumari which were working in a co-ordinated manner. “No piecemeal policies will be able to tackle this menace. The government should search, seek and destroy terrorists in their sanctuaries wherever they are: whether in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka or elsewhere,” said Dr Swamy.

The Janata Party president also pointed out that it was the appeasement policies in Rubbaiya kidnapping (1989), and Bangladesh infiltration matters that has emboldened the terrorists to strike at will.  Dr Swamy’s statement concludes with a clarion call to topple the UPA Government. “Terrorism cannot be combated in India unless the UPA Government is toppled. This Government is part of the problem and not of the solution,” said Dr Swamy.