JAMMU: Asserting that the times when terrorists from Pakistan used to behead the Indian soldiers are now in past, union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the present dispensation at the Centre has made the country more secure in last nine years.
The Home Minister also said that the Modi government took decisions such as scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution which accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, despite stiff opposition from several parties, including the Congress.
Addressing a rally in Sirsa in Haryana, Shah targeted the Congress over corruption, alleging scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore had taken place under the party-led UPA government at the Centre.
Shah listed various achievements of the Narendra Modi government and said it was strong and decisive.
India’s prestige rose globally under the Modi dispensation. “Be it any issue, the entire world waits to see what India has to say on that,” he said.
The Modi government scrapped the Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir, despite stiff opposition from several parties, including the Congress, he said.
Targeting the previous UPA government at the Centre, Shah said that nine years ago terrorists used to come from Pakistan and behead our soldiers, “but Manmohan and Sonia sarkar used to remain mum”.
Manmohan Singh was the prime minister from 2004 to 2014 and Sonia Gandhi the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
Under the Narendra Modi government, India gave a befitting reply to terrorist attacks in Uri and Pulwama and broke the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, adding, “In nine years, Modi made the country secure”.
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule lasted for 10 years and the country’s law and order and security were in tatters, he said.
He also attacked the Congress over Article 370.
“Is Kashmir ours or not, tell me Sirsawalo? Should Article 370 have been scrapped or not?… When you gave 10 seats to Modi ji, he scrapped it at one stroke,” he said.
Shah said Congress people used to oppose it, saying it will lead to bloodshed in Kashmir Valley. Leave alone bloodshed, no one has dared to even pelt a stone, he said.
Shah said that the current government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is functioning in a transparent manner and even its opponents cannot point a finger of corruption at it.
Shah appealed to the people of Haryana to give their blessings to the BJP in 2024 like they did in the previous Lok Sabha polls and once again give all 10 parliamentary seats in the state in “Modi ji’s kitty to make the country No. 1 in the world and to make Modi ji prime minister once again”.
Notably, BJP has an alliance with the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in Haryana, but both parties have been non-committal on whether they would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha as well as Assembly polls together.
Shah was addressing “Gauravshali Bharat” rally organised here as part of the BJP’s outreach campaign to mark the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government.
“Remember the time nine years ago, Congress party (led UPA) had indulged in Rs 12 lakh crore worth of scams and corruption…In these nine years, even our opponents cannot point a finger of corruption at Modi ji, who has run the government in a transparent manner,” Shah told the gathering.
In its nine years, the Modi dispensation gave a new hope to the poor of this country, he said, while touching upon several initiatives for them.
He said that even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Congress did not leave politics behind. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi used to warn people against taking the COVID-19 vaccine, terming it “Modi vaccine”, but no one listened to him and he too later got vaccinated himself secretly, Shah said.
“Congress indulged in corruption, failed to keep the country secure…even during Covid pandemic, Rahul Baba and Company did not stop doing politics,” he said.
