Jammu, March 31
Ms Mayawati, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, today justified the detention of some Kashmiri students by the police in Meerut on the charges of being involved in terrorist activities and accused the Jammu and
Kashmir Government of baselessly claiming that “innocent” Muslim students were being harassed in her state.
Ms Mayawati, who was talking to mediapersons during her one-day visit here, said these students were arrested on the basis of intelligence reports and the evidence which the police had against them, she said no innocent person would be harassed, but at the same time she would not allow the terrorists to make bases in Uttar Pradesh as she believed that the terrorists had no religion and were out to massacre innocent people.
She said she was not in favour of the healing touch policy of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as it aimed at encouraging terrorist. The policy of the government should be for the good of the common people and not for those who were sent here by Pakistan. The government should strongly tackle terrorists instead of adopting a soft approach.
Ms Mayawati condemned the massacre of innocent people in the Kashmir valley and said this sort of proxy war by Pakistan showed their utter lack of courage and morality in tackling a political situation which should be resolved through peaceful means.
She said there was no place for violence in a civilised world and it was a sheer cowardice on the part of terrorists to shed the blood of innocent people.
Ms Mayawati said she had directed the police to launch an effective campaign against mafias, anti-social elements and criminals without fear or prejudice in her state. The campaign would focus on criminals to create an atmosphere of deterrence rather than wasting energies on petty offenders.
Ms Mayawati, who had come here to address a state-level cadre camp of the BSP, said the party would have no alliance with any national or regional party outside Uttar Pradesh in the coming elections for the Lok Sabha.
She said her government would implement the judgement of the court on the Ram temple issue. She said in Uttar Pradesh she had successfully demonstrated that strong political will and focused leadership could reverse worst trends in law and order situation.
She claimed that during her third tenure of 11 months due to her strong and imaginative management Uttar Pradesh has recovered from economic stagnation and deterioration in law and order.
The Chief Minister said for the first time, the state had witnessed a decline of 47 per cent in crimes. A special police force had been set up to look after the protection of VIPs and sensitive installations.
She claimed that the government had also successfully tackle the incipient Naxalite problem in some pockets of eastern Uttar Pradesh by pursuing a dual policy of development and superior policing. At least 297 Naxalite-affected villages had been selected to be developed under the prestigious Ambedkar Gram Vikas scheme.
She said she was paying a high priority to the development of tourism in the state. Her government has planned to set up a Taj international airport and Hub in the Taj economic zone in the private sector. Approval from the Centre is awaited for this ambitious project worth about Rs 50,000 crore.
There are plans to set up an international Gautam Buddha Airport at Kushinagar, the place where Lord Budha breathed his last.
