New Delhi: Describing the terrorist attack on the Swaminarayan temple in Gandhinagar as a "frustrated reaction" of Pakistan following the successful Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP tonight urged people to exercise restraint and defeat Islamabad's conspiracy to disrupt communal harmony in the country.

"Frustrated by the rejection of militancy and triumph of Democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has now chosen to target Gujarat and whip up communal passions," party general secretary and spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's statements at the United Nations have only served to provide "oxygen" to the terrorists, he said.

"The people behind the Godhra incident are behind this attack as well. The need of the hour is for the people of Gujarat and the rest of the country to understand Pakistan's conspiracy and defeat its designs to disrupt communal harmony.

Peace should be maintained at all costs and any type of reaction will only strengthen them," he added.

PTI