New Delhi: In a bid to reach out to Muslims, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today (Feb 25, 2004) asked them to come out of the "fear psychosis", appealing to them to "think and decide" for themselves in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

"Get out of the fear that is dividing the nation and vote for a Government that would not allow any community to live in fear," he said addressing a Minorities Conference organised by the party's minority cell.

"India is at a turning point and we want to improve the well-being of the people and therefore never allow a situation to be created at the time of elections that could cause harm to the prevailing situation," he said.

Highlighting the various steps taken by his Government in infrastructure, foodgrains production and foreign exchange reserves, Vajpayee said there was a need to take the right information abroad and inform the people that "India is on the right path and growing strong".

"There is nothing that cannot be solved through dialogue," he said and referred to the conduct of elections in Jammu and Kashmir and the improvement of ties with Pakistan.

Hitting out at the Congress, he said while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had been successful in running a coalition, the Congress was still unable to forge a coalition since the parties it was trying to have alliance with have had bitter experience with it in the past.