Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Bangaru Laxman on Thursday said that the international community should hold a convention on cross-border terrorism and sign a multilateral agreement to combat terrorism. Addressing a press conference in Coimbatore, he said that the implementation of such an agreement would go a long way in checking the growth of terrorism. Sanctions could be imposed against countries violating this agreement, he added. Mr Laxman said that the Vajpayee government had almost succeeded in convincing the United States for declaring Pakistan as a On providing autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir as demanded by Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, Mr Laxman said that the Centre had taken the right decision by rejecting the demand as it had emboldened other states to raise a similar demand. However, the BJP had always favoured devolution of more powers to the states, he claimed.
Bureau Report