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Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: September 18, 2008
The UPA Government says it wants stricter
anti-terrorism laws but it seems it can't say it in a united voice.
Prime Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said he
didn't have "inflexible" views on such laws and before that Veerappa
Moily, chairperson of the Administrative Reforms Commission, said that he
was not averse to the idea. But on Thursday Information and Broadcasting Minister
Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said he didn't believe stronger anti-terrorism laws were
needed.( my version.pr dasmusnsh is a notorious politician. he is tremendously
pro muslim. he used to hobnobbing with local imams in his contstituency raiganj,
bengal.so we should expose him. he is a greatest liar i have found . he is
against as his constituency has over 40 % muslim population. he is from east
bengal. he has been drived away by muslims, but still he is pro muslim amd
uses to eat beef.)
"What do you mean by tougher anti-terror
laws. Some of our laws are much more strong than those in the US and UK,"
said Dasmunsi.
He rejected demands for reviving POTA, an
anti-terror law which was repealed by the UPA Government in September 2004.
"No, No, No. It is a draconian (law) and against human rights. If the
present anti-terror laws are implemented properly, there is no requirement
for additional laws," he said.
Moily, who heads the Future Challenges Group,
of the Congress had said on Tuesday: "what was not there in POTA, we
are providing it here. It is not POTA, not TADA, not MOCOCA-it is a stand
alone."
The Prime Minister on Wednesday said the government
had no "fixed inflexible or ideological view" on such laws. "We
have, in fact, taken the initiative to strengthen various laws like the Prevention
of Money Laundering Act," he said.
Diptosh Majumdar, CNN-IBN's National Affairs
Editor, analyses the many voices in the UPA Government as reflective of two
views in the coalition. A lot of debate on tougher anti-terror laws and POTA
is going on in the Congress and UPA.
Some UPA members believe that by proposing
stronger anti-terror laws the Government will send a message to the public
that it is working and is aggressive. But some other supporters of the Government
are uncomfortable with the idea of a 'draconian' law.
