Indore: The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) on April 5 said the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government must act in a manner that Pakistan pays a "price" for its continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism while it maintained the US has not been able to rein in Islamabad.

"The government must now act in a manner that shows that Pakistan has paid a price for its continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. The United States has not been able to rein in Pakistan," said the political resolution adopted at the two-day National Executive of the party in Indore.

It also criticised the People's Democratic Party (PDP)-Congress coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir and said it must stop its "laxity towards terrorists and anti- India elements".

Their resolution said the massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in Nadimarg in Jammu and Kashmir last week was a "grave and intolerable" development.

In an eight-page resolution moved by general secretary Pramod Mahajan, the party told the government that the Constitution Amendment Bill for reservation of women in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies should be passed without any delay.

Steps should also be initiated to introduce in the current session of Parliament a Bill for evolving financial and administrative powers on Panchayat Raj institutions.

It wanted scrapping of the Illegal Migrant Detection Act, which it said has been proved to be detrimental in throwing out illegal migrants from Bangladesh.

PTI