Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra alleged that the ruling SP was promoting terrorism by trying to withdraw cases against ultras in UP. Mishra criticised Minority Welfare Minister Azam Khan for his comment on the judiciary for rejecting the plea of the government by withdrawing cases against HuJI ultras Tariq Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid. The duo were arrested for triggering serial blasts in civil courts in lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi in 2007.
Referring to Khan's comment on the Barabanki court that the court's mindset was similar to people who demolished the Babri mosque, Mishra said : "Making such comments on the judiciary is a pointer to UP government's functioning and effort to appease Muslims for the vote-bank politics," he said, while addressing mediapersons at the lucknow party office on Tuesday.
The senior BJP leader also criticised the SP government over rise in crime in UP and its apathetic stand towards the development. "The officials are not interested in releasing funds for developmental works," he alleged. When told about Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma's charge that Mulayam Singh Yadav had conspired with the BJP in demolishing the Babri structure, Mishra said that Verma was equally responsible for the demolition as he was in the SP at that time.
"The BJP has never shied away from taking responsibility of the demolition of the disputed structure and was committed to construct a grand Ram temple at the site," Mishra stressed.