BJYM supports ban on SIMI, govt moves to stamp out terrorism

AGRA, Oct 13 (UNI): The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has resolved to support the recent ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the governments effort to fight the menace of terrorism.

In a draft resolution, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said terrorism in any form and anywhere in the world is a crime against humanity.

"But it becomes deadly when it exploits the name of religion and assumes the form of state-sponsored, cross-border terrorism.

India has been a victim of such a diabolical variety of terrorism for the past two decades." The resolution, which will be adopted tomorrow before prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivers his speech on the conclusion of BJYMs golden jubilee national convention, said SIMI had emerged as an organised force of fanaticism and separatism with branches in many parts of the country.

"We also condemn those political parties which, for purely vote-bank considerations, have been opposing the ban.

We urge them not to put their narrow electoral interests above those of the country." The BJYM resolution said terrorism is a grave threat to Indias national security as well as to world peace.

Pakistan, through its secret service agency, ISI, has been fomenting religion-inspired terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir as the chief method of instigating the campaign of separatism, it said.

Besides, the ISI is also active in the north-east with kidnappings and killings.

It has networked with fundamentalists, extremist organisations and the underworld to incite communal violence, the resolution read.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Mr Vajpayee has recognised the true nature of this threat, its regional and international connections, it added.

The government, the resolution said, has been fighting effectively , both on the ground and diplomatically.

It has been consistently cautioning governments around the world that terrorism of this kind is not an isolated phenomenon and no country can remain immune to its lethal fires, it added.

The September 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington have finally made the international community aware of the danger posed by religion-inspired terrorism.

"The military strikes led by the United States on Taliban regime and terrorist training camps in Afghanistan are an inevitable outcome of the cynical path chosen by Osama bin Laden and his men," the BJYM said in the resolution.