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Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said union Home Minister P. Chidambaram should resign for putting out an erroneous terror list of India’s 50 Most Wanted men hiding in Pakistan that “weakened the country’s strong case against terrorism before the world”.

“It’s not a human error, it’s a criminal error. Taking it into account, the home minister has no moral right to continue for even a second,” BJP national vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters here.

“The manner in which India’s case against terrorism has been weakened, the home minister should not be allowed to continue with the post. If the prime minister has any concern over India’s security. He should immediately intervene into the matter and dismiss the home minister,” he added.

The Indian government was left red-faced after it put out a list of its 50 Most Wanted hiding in Pakistan, but it contained the name of a man who was actually living in India’s Thane city. It also had the name of another man who is lodged in a Mumbai jail.

Launching a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Naqvi alleged that her party has colluded with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) for vested interests.

“In her Varanasi rally, she (Sonia Gandhi) referred to Uttar Pradesh as ‘andher nagari’ (dark city)…If UP government is andher nagari, her central government is ‘chaupat raja’ (incompetent king),” said Naqvi.

“Be it the Congress, BSP or SP…All the three are vying to acquire the top post in terms of corruption. Moreover, when it comes to deprive farmers of their rights, BSP and Congress function in a same manner…Like the Congress-led central government, the Uttar Pradesh’s ruling BSP is giving 100 percent discount on corruption,” he alleged.

About the BJP’s upcoming national executive meet in Lucknow, Naqvi said, “Over 350 BJP leaders, including senior leaders like L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states would attend the meeting from June 3-5.”