'Terrorists not entitled to rights'

By Our Staff Reporter

KURNOOL, OCT. 29. The Union Minister for Rural Development, Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, has stressed the need for the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), saying the security forces fighting terrorism needed appropriate powers. Addressing a press conference here today, Mr. Naidu said the Congress' opposition to the measure was politically motivated. In fact, it was the Congress which had enacted TADA and imposed emergency.

Mr. Naidu called for an open debate on the Ordinance. Those who killed innocent people could not make a claim to human rights, he said, adding that only ``human beings'' were entitled to human rights and not terrorists.

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Section  : National
Previous : Editors Guild concern over POTO
Next     : Farooq welcomes Ordinance