Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a “begging bowl” dig at neighbouring Pakistan while addressing a rally in Haryana’s Ambala. The prime minister also stressed that robust leadership makes enemies think twice before challenging India.
“Pakistan had been troubling India for 70 years, it had bombs in its hands. Today it has ‘bheekh ka katora‘ (begging bowl) in its hands,” PM Modi said, referring to bailout packages from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“When there is a ‘dhaakad’ government in the country, enemies too think 100 times before doing any harm. When there is a ‘dhaakad government, enemies tremble,” he added.
The prime minister further stated that his “dhaakad’ government demolished the “walls of Article 370″ in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Could a weak government have changed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir? Remember the time when there was a Congress government and the brave mothers of Haryana used to be worried day and night? Today, it has been 10 years–all of that has stopped. Modi’s ‘dhaakad’ government demolished the wall of Article 370 and Kashmir started walking on the path of development,” he said.
PM Modi also accused Congress of “betraying” the armed forces and soldiers saying the opposition party wanted to import arms and other materials from abroad to earn commission and make profits.
“Congress kept the Indian armed forces’s capabilities weak so that they could earn huge profits in the name of importing arms from abroad. Our soldiers were not provided with proper clothes, shoes, bulletproof jackets. They did not even get good rifles. I started a campaign to make the Indian army Atmanirbhar. Today, the army is getting Made in India weapons. India, which once used to import weapons from other countries, is now selling weapons to other countries,” he said.
With a little over two weeks until the vote counting on June 4, PM Modi expressed confidence in his party’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections and asserted that Congress, INDI alliance and “all their friends have been destroyed after four phases of elections”.
“Only 17 days remain to go for June 4 (day of counting). In four phases of elections, Congress and the INDI Alliance, chaaron khaane chitt ho chuke hain. Whatever tactics the INDI Alliance used for the country have all been defeated by the public itself. Haryana is a state which has patriotism in its veins. Haryana knows anti-national forces very well,” the prime minister said.
