MUMBAI: Hitting out the erstwhile Congress Government, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that it repealed the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Disruption (Prevention) Act, TADA, when it was needed the most only to appease voters.
“When Rajiv Gandhi took over as the Prime Minister after the death of Indira Gandhi, terrorism reared its head for the first time in the nation in states like Punjab and southern India.
“Problems in Kashmir and terrorism there wasn’t the same as it is now,” the Union Defence Minister said while addressing a gathering here.
“A law was brought against terrorism (TADA). When there were Mumbai blasts in 1993… And the TADA was used… The whole country had a narrative that a special law needed against terrorism because this (terrorism) is injustice against the nation,” he said.
“After the 1993 blasts, when the law was needed the most, it was repealed. This was just around 25 years back… When Vajpayeeji was the PM, we brought the law back in the form of POTA. (AGENCIES)
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