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February 16, 1998

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Surjeet blames foreign powers for Coimbatore blasts

Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet on Monday charged the 'imperialist' countries with trying to destabilise India through bomb blasts with the help of agencies like Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.

He told newsmen in Madurai that the evil designs of foreign powers should not succeed, and appealed to the Opposition parties not to take advantage of the present situation, to protect democracy.

"This is the time for unity to fight back terrorism," he said.

The serial bomb blasts in Coimbatore was not an isolated incident, he said. Such attempts were being made in North-Eastern states like Assam.

Surjeet declined to comment on Congress president Sitaram Kesri's reported remark blaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the blasts.

"Some foreign powers are attempting to disrupt the electoral process in the state," he said.

Asked whether intelligence agencies had failed to foresee the trouble in the country, he said there was some 'lacunae'. The sleuths, he added, were recruited by the Congress.

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