Every child in the country knows that Muslims are involved in 90 per cent of all anti–national crimes committed in India. Everyone also knows that 89 per cent of these acts are committed by Muslims who are either pro–Pakistan or are Bangladeshi infiltrators. The remaining one per cent of this 90 per cent is perpetrated by Muslims who are forced by poverty, unemployment or other compelling circumstances to assist the anti-national Muslims.

Be it the bomb blasts in Mumbai or the riots in Aligarh or Meerut, instead of teaching a lesson to the anti-national elements for such dastardly acts, the treacherous Congress nurtures them for votes. As a result of this, these anti–India forces have today become even more emboldened. The attack by Bangladeshis on a police chowky in Delhi, the Muslim attack on policemen in Malwani in Mumbai and in Jalgaon (Maharashtra), the attack on army camps in Kashmir by pro–Pakistani Muslims, infiltrators and terrorists – these are all evidence of the growing audacity of the anti–national Muslims.

Unfortunately, these developments are taking place at a time of a clear and growing Hindu–Muslim divide in the country. It has been typical of the Muslims in the country to create and live in their own ghettos. Whichever part of a city or village the Muslims inhabit becomes a den of anti–social and illicit activities. And whenever an attempt is made to clear the thousands of acres of government land that has been encroached and turned into mini-Pakistans, police and civic staff are subjected to murderous assaults.

To a certain extent it is understandable that any person being deprived of his dwelling is bound to react. The reaction can even be violent at times. But what happened in Delhi recently is an ominous portent of the extent to which the Bangladeshi infiltrators have become emboldened.

Whatever happens in Delhi has implications for national security. The Delhi police had arrested one Ishaq Mulla and his 31 other Bangladeshi Muslim accomplices in connection with the explosion of two bombs in the Red Fort area. Within hours of their being arrested and brought to the police station, a mob of 1,500 Bangladeshis launched an assault on the station, attacked and injured several policemen, and secured the release of Mulla and the other accused.

This is the first instance of show of muscle by infiltrators in the history of independent India. It is significant that both in Maharashtra, where policemen were attacked in Malwani and Jalgaon, and in New Delhi, where the authorities are playing with national security, Congress governments are in power.

We believe there is an insidious motive behind the attacks on army camps in Kashmir and the police station in Delhi. The strength of our security forces is being assessed with an obvious view to launch a far bigger offensive. Such acts could also be aimed at demoralising our police force and the army and to shake the confidence of citizens in their ability to defend us. But we must not forget that if such anti–national Muslims and such incidents are given political protection for the sake of vote–bank politics, no place will remain safe any longer — neither Delhi, nor Mumbai, nor Hyderabad, nor the rest of India.

The time has come for swift action now. Such elements should be dug out from wherever they are, thrashed and hanged in a public place. If the police faces any legal hurdle in this it should adopt extra–legal methods. After all, policemen, too, are citizens of this country and the imperatives of national defense do not recognise any legal obstacles. The police should not deal with such anti-national Muslims as a police force. Instead, they should act as nationalist Indians and gun down anyone who dares attack them.