Thursday, April 21 2005 19:04 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Patna: Attacking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government for acting with ill will against former Defence Minister George Fernandes in connection with alleged irregularities in Kargil Defence purchases, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav today (Apr 21, 2005) warned that any attempt at implicating political opponents in false cases will boomerang on the Government.

"The UPA Government is acting with ill will against Fernandes and any attempt to implicate political opponents in false cases will boomerang on the government", he said addressing a gathering after inaugurating the three-day sixth national convention of his party.

The way the Government has filed conflicting affidavits in the court to frame Fernandes, reflects its dictatorial style of functioning, he said.

Taking a dig at the Congress party, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said that it was difficult to understand who, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Congress president Sonia Gandhi, wielded real power.

Assailing the UPA Government's policies, Mulayam said, militancy (in Kashmir) is on the rise but unfortunately we have lowered our guard on frontiers. My party welcomes the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service but we have to be vigilant on the border. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf speaks good things but we should never forget Kargil.

Accusing the Centre of having shown undue haste in passage of the patents bill, the SP leader said that as a result of slipshod economic policies the multi-national corporations were dictating terms to the Government.