New Delhi: Regretting that "double standards" were being used sometimes to justify terrorism, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on February 10 asserted selective condemnation of terror was counter-productive as it could "boomerang on all".

"Distinctions are sometimes drawn between different acts of terrorism. In some cases, we are told it is not really terrorism but a freedom struggle. This is how our neighbour has been trying to justify its policy of cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

Inaugurating a two-day International Youth Conference on Terrorism, Vajpayee said, "Sometimes, double standards are used to justify terrorism. It is asserted that Osama bin Laden's associates are freedom fighters when they act in one country and terrorists when they act elsewhere. Jihadi groups have been given shelter and support using this dubious logic."

PTI