War against terror is and should be non-partisan: Congress

War against terror is and should be non-partisan: Congress
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) Reflecting on the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections, Congress today said that people of the country have sent a clear signal that the war against terror is and should be non-partisan and above politics.
"People of our country have sent a clear signal that war against terror is and should be non-partisan and above and beyond politics," party spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan told reporters here.

She said that the people have also sent a clear message that the country should be united in its fight against terror by rejecting the "blatant politicisation and communalisation" of the fight against terror by the BJP.

She alleged that said right from the 'rath yatra' of L K Advani to the post-Godhra carnage in Gujarat, the saffron party had sought to communalise and politicise terror.

Asked about the setting-up of a federal agency to fight terror, Natarajan said the party hoped that the government moves quickly to take forward the decision to fight against terror.

On a question about the new Finance Minister, the spokesperson said it was purely the prerogative of the Prime Minister and he will decide on the issue.

Natarajan parried questions about the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan, saying it would be decided by the Congress Legislature Party.

She also thanked the people in all states where the Congress was voted into power in the elections and also in states where it lost, saying that the margin of difference in state like Madhya Pradesh was only two per cent. PTI