Mangaluru : Former union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy said assertion of national identity and following true spiritualism could be the weapons to fight terrorism and corruption. Hinduism never persecuted any minority religion and one should accept the Hindu national identity for country’s integrity, he opined.

Speaking in a talk on ‘War against terrorism and corruption’, organised by Citizens’ Council, Mangaluru here on Saturday at Sangha Niketan, Mr. Swamy said terrorism was a mechanism adopted to overawe a community.

ISIS, which was controlling Iraq at present and virtually controls many Islamic countries could be at the doorsteps of India anytime, he said. He said opposition to uniform civil code in India was not justified as Muslims had accepted it in Australia and the US.

Terrorism and corruption were also interlinked as terrorists came with Indian passports. Stating that they also wreck a havoc in the stock market, he said no other country allowed ‘participatory note’ in stock markets through which terrorists were gaining entry into stock market.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government would eliminate this, he said. “Illicit money got by politicians land in foreign banks via hawala through Dubai where Pakistan’s ISI gets to know about the details. That’s why the UPA government was soft on Pakistan,” he claimed.

Regarding money deposited in foreign banks, Mr. Swamy said the Finance Ministry unfortunately was concerned only about black money and income tax. However, there was also money earned through scams that can be called “red money”.

The NDA government was committed to bring home more than Rs. 120 lakh crore and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought international cooperation for the move during the G20 summit in Australia on Saturday, he said.