The BJP on Tuesday
hit out at Congress over its poll promises over Jammu and Kashmir and amending
the sedition law and Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA), saying these
were "dangerous" and will break the country.Addressing a press
conference soon after Congress manifesto was released, 
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said it out of ignorance, the Congress President (Rahul Gandhi) makes
"unimplementable and dangerous promises"."I am sure the nation
would not be in a mood to oblige him for implementing the kind of promises which
are contained in this manifesto," he said.The senior BJP leader claimed
that some ideas in the manifesto are "positively dangerous" and
agenda for 'balkanisation' of the country. "Even though there was a
drafting panel, it appears some of the points have been drafted by Congress
President's 'tukde-tukde' friends when it deals with Jammu and Kashmir and
national security. The Nehru-Gandhi family committed a historic mistake
regarding Jammu and Kashmir and the nation can't forgive them for that. The Congress
manifesto takes ahead that agenda dangerously."There mistakes have dragged
Jammu and Kashmir to a situation where it is today. We are establishing rule of
law, Congress wants to establish rules of terrorists and insurgents," he
said.
Jaitley also slammed
the Congress over the displacement of Kashmiri Pandits finding no place in the
manifesto and said the biggest failure in independent India was the ethnic
cleansing of Kashmiri Pundits.On Congress's promise of amending the sedition
law and the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, he said it was Congress's
tradition that they withdrew laws like The Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA)
and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). "No
nation over the last 72 years has dealt with terrorism like India. Our fight
against terror didn't start after 9/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Punjab, North
East, we have seen many struggles. We lost a part of Jammu and Kashmir. "A
provision that Nehru, Indira, Rajiv Gandhi and even Manmohan Singh didn't dare touch,
they say sedition would be done away with, that treason won't be a crime
anymore, such a party doesn't deserve a single vote," Jaitley said.He said
the AFSPA was essentially a sanctioning law for disturbed or insurgency-hit
areas and deals with internal subversion."Those who laid lives for the
nation, you want them to be prosecuted at the behest of relatives of
terrorists, or their friends. Ingratitude is the biggest sin a party can
commit," he said.Earlier on Tuesday, the Congress released it's manifesto
for the Lok Sabha polls, stressing that dialogue was the only way to understand
the aspirations of the people of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir to find
an honourable solution to their issues.It also promised to review the AFSPA and
sedition law among others.