Punjab Election: Punjab votes in a single batch on 20 Feb. Votes will be counted on 10 Mar.
Pathankot, Punjab:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused Parliament of disregarding and insulting the sacrifices of soldiers who died in the 2016 Pathankot attack. He said that the whole country responded to the attack together except for the party. Congress. “They question the government, the people of Punjab and even our army. They despise the sacrifices of the soldiers,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that even in celebration of the 2019 terrorist attack in Pulwama, Parliament did the same. “Even on Pulwama anniversaries, they continue to ‘paap leela’,” he said.
On 14 February 2019, Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) attacked a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, killing killed 40 employees of this force.
Congressman Rahul Gandhi was criticized by the BJP for raising questions about the “surgical attack” by Indian forces conducted in response to the Pulwama attack. Days after the attack, Indian warplanes hit JeM’s largest terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan’s Balakot in retaliation for the attack.
In a bombardment of opposition partiesPrime Minister Modi also accused Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party of being “criminal partners”. He called AAP a “copy” of the Congress and said both were not satisfied with the Ayodhya temple or whenever the army did something. “Don’t be lenient with these people,” he told a cheering audience at an election rally in Punjab’s Pathankot, adding that “one side has looted Punjab, and the other side is doing corruption in Punjab.” Delhi”.
Prime Minister Modi pointed out that AAP has supported Parliament to form government in Delhi. “Punjab has decided, Iss baar pakka parivartan. (This time will definitely change), “he said. The Prime Minister stated that the BJP looks at Punjab from the point of view of”Punjabiyat“while his opponents see the state only through the lens of political power.
The Prime Minister also mentioned the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor – the path leading to Darbar Sahib Kartarpur (the final resting place of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism) in Pakistan. “They (Parliament) abandoned Kartarpur Gurudwara in Pakistan. Shouldn’t they make an effort to keep it in India? In 1965, if they tried, we would have got Gurunanak’s birthplace in India,” he said. said while declaring recognition for the development of the corridor.
Prime Minister Modi said agriculture, commerce and industry will be profitable in five years if the BJP-led coalition is voted to take power in the state.
“Give me 5 years to serve you. I guarantee you farming, trading, industry will be profitable,” he said.
Prime Minister came here to attend the rally after praying at ‘Shri Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir’ in Karol Bagh of Delhi on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti.
“Today is Sant Ravidas Jayanti. Before coming here, I went to Guru Ravidas Vishram Mandir (in Delhi) and sought blessings,” he said.
