New POTA

UPA government protested BJP on the issue of POTA and removed the act from law book only to please Muslim community of the country. Now after passing more than four years in office and on the verge of leaving office Law Minister Mr. Bhardwaz says that government is planning to formulate new harsh law to deal with terrorists. It is absolutely ridiculous and tantamount to throwing dust in the eyes of voters when election for Parliament is at hand.

Mr. Bhardwaj further says that effective act will be formulated with adequate restrictions to avoid misuse of the law. He has not yet decided contents. By the time he decides the contents, his government will be replaced. If present government was really interested to deal with terrorists, they could have brought necessary amendment in POTA instead of striking a killing stroke just to appease a community at the cost of national safety. They could have stopped misuse of the law during their tenure and punished those who misused the same during the tenure of NDA.

It is easy to make a law and difficult to put the same in practice without giving scope for criticism. It is unfortunate that in our country laws are more often than not misused.
Lastly , so far as attemp of UPA to fromulate new anti-terror laws is concerned,I would like to remind one old proverb “Sau Chuhe marker Billi Haz ko chali”

14th December 2008
Danendra jain