Vajpayee Govt. soft on terrorism: Swamy

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, SEPT. 22. The Vajpayee Government is seen in the democratic world as being soft on terrorism and of being anti- minorities and thus an unreliable ally in the crucial struggle against terrorism, the Janata Party president, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, said today.

Besides, the BJP-led NDA has pro-LTTE parties such as the MDMK, the PMK and the Fernandes section of the Samata Party, which Dr. Swamy charged, ``leak vital information to these terrorists.''

Addressing presspersons here, he recalled that in the 1991 Gulf War, when he was Cabinet Minister, the U.S. had requested India to provide airfields for refuelling its planes. ``They did not even consider Pakistan then,'' he said.

Dr. Swamy demanded an CBI enquiry into the action of the former Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms. Fathima Beevi, appointing Ms. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister. The CBI should also look into the role played by Ms. Beevi's relatives, he said.

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