Q: Coming to Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, Congress is demanding Raman Singh's resignation on moral ground. How would you react to that?
Hussain: On moral grounds, how many Congress Chief Ministers have resigned? When 74 personnel were killed under their regime, why did they not resign? In Jharkhand, so many people were killed under President's rule. So far as fighting Naxalites is concerned, it's not moral responsibility, it's common responsibility. Is the Chhattisgarh govt fighting Naxalites alone? Is the PM and Home Ministers not fighting them? So will they take responsibilities? Wiil the Congress take responsibility for creating Naxal problem? Top leaders of Congress say we'll fight Naxals together but lower level leaders make cheap statements. It's time to fight together, not to issue cheap statements.
So far as the death of Mahendra Karma and Chhattisgarh Congress president Patel is concerned, they may be just political leaders for Congress but for us, they were true sons of mother India.
Q: But you have also been demanding resignation on moral grounds.
Hussain: But we do not demand resignations on matters relating to Naxalism. That will only be like playing in the hands of Naxals. Naxals are against both Raman Singh govt and Congress party. They will kill Congress leaders and will ask for Raman Singh's resignation. Tomorrow, in a Congress ruled state like Maharashtra, Naxals may kill people but we'll not demand their resignation. BJP has never played politics on Naxalism and terrorism.
Q: It is being alleged that Raman Singh govt paid attention only to ‘Vikas Yatra' of Raman Singh and ignored ‘Parivartan Yatra' of Congress.
Hussain: See, a CM always gets special security. It happens everywhere including Bihar.
Q. Even Raman Singh has confessed that there was a security lapse.
Hussain: See, there was a security lapse for sure. But on whose part? Different questions are being raised. Which Congress leader got the route of Congress yatra changed? How is it that some Congress leaders survived while some others were killed? But BJP is not raising all this. We are saying that its a very sad incident and it should be thoroughly probed.
Q: Do you have any concrete plan to tackle Naxalism if you form the government at the Centre?
Hussain: I can assure your viewers that we will have zero tolerance for both Naxalism and terrorism, if BJP forms government at the Centre. We will annihilate them. We will first give them the chance to join the mainstream but if they refuse, we'll take stern action.
Q: But what did you do when you were in power for 6 long years?
Hussain: It was because of our efforts that Naxalism was contained. Had there been no Vajpayee government, you would have seen Naxalites sitting here in Delhi.
