A day after Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde reiterated there is no threat to Narendra Modi’s life and his security had already been upgraded despite the Delhi Police arresting four Indian Mujahideen militants who allegedly had planned to target the BJP’s PM candidate, the party on Monday said the Centre was not doing enough to secure its leaders. The BJP also accused Congress of “emboldening” terrorists with its statements aimed at vote-bank politics.
Calling for a consensus on matters of national security, BJP again raked up the demand for an exclusive, tough anti-terror law. Party’s spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the report that the four terrorists were planning to attack Modi was an “extremely sensitive subject” and a challenge to the democratic system.
“We should have some consensus over the matters of national security like other countries. We should not issue statements which embolden terrorists,” he said. “BJP wants a tough law to deal with terror cases, saying India was the only country fighting terrorism without an exclusive law to deal with it. If voted to power BJP would take necessary steps on the matter,” he added.
Trivedi said, “We had expected that the Centre would step up the security of Modi. It is probably not happening. We had also submitted a memorandum to the Home Minister over the issue but it appears that the Government is not doing the needful.”