New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday blamed the Manmohan Singh government for the country's deteriorating internal security and demanded a strong action plan to deal with cross border terrorism and Maoist violence.

"On the eve of the chief ministers' conference slated to discuss the issue of internal security in the country, we would like to express our concern over growing incidents of cross border terrorism and Maoist attacks," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters.

"The current internal security scenario is the result of gross neglect of vital security aspects by the UPA government," he added.

Blaming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for undoing the gains of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government that had forced Pakistan to make a commitment to stop cross border terrorism, Javadekar said: "UPA has allowed the situation to drift. The India-Pakistan dialogue has again become Kashmir-centric instead of terrorism-centric."

The actions of UPA government smack of a "soft" approach and lack of coordination on crucial issues of internal security, the BJP leader said.

"The centre has asked all chief ministers to come up with a separate action plan to deal with Maoist violence. In fact, there is a need for not separate plans, but an integrated action plan."