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New Delhi: Attacking the UPA government for skipping the issue of terrorism at the National Integration Council meet, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it was promoting "vote-bank politics".
"The Government is trying to promote vote-bank politics by avoiding a discussion on terrorism. Terrorism is the biggest enemy of the country but still the government has no courage to say so," Modi told reporters.
Accusing the Centre of adopting a "casual approach" on the issue at the NIC, he said the government was not ready to discuss terrorism which has affected the whole country badly.
"Government's approach towards NIC is very casual. Till October 10 there was no agenda and the agenda sent just before the NIC meeting did not mention terrorism. The government is not prepared to discuss terrorism although the country is badly affected by it.
"When I pressed for inclusion of terrorism in the agenda, the government just mentioned extremism. Government does not know the difference between terrorism and extremism. It is a very casual approach. The Government should have discussed terrorism today," Modi said.
Addressing the NIC, the Hindutva poster-boy called for "isolating", people, groups and "the so called intellectuals supporting terrorism in the name of protection of human rights" and lashed out at those who talk about the "vulnerability of a particular section."
The firebrand BJP leader again made a strong pitch for clearing the state's anti-terror law GUJCOC, awaiting presidential assent for the last four years, saying "extra-ordinary responses" were required to deal with terror.
Source: TOI
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