National security is a punching bag for Cong: PM Modi

December 15, 2018 20:13

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the Congress party, saying national security and defence sector were either a punching bag or a funding source for it.

Modi's attack on the opposition party came even as the Congress accused the government of "misleading" the Supreme court by presenting wrong information about the CAG report on the Rafale deal and demanded that the government apologise for it.

The Congress has also said the Supreme Court, which gave the government relief in the Rafale jet case, has not gone into the pricing and technical aspects of the aircraft and it is only a joint parliamentary committee that can probe whether there was any irregularity in the deal.

Targeting the main opposition party in an interaction with BJP workers from Tamil Nadu through video conference from New Delhi, Modi alleged that the (Congress) leaders call the army chief names and mock at the (2016) surgical strike on the one hand.

"On the other hand, they have looted the defence sector from the jeep scam back in the 1940s and 50s to Bofors in the 80s, the AgustaWestland and submarine scam, among many others," he said.

"All they see is the way to make money even if it means the morale of our forces is diminished.

Sadly, for the Congress, national security and the defence sector are either a punching bag or a funding source," he said.

Modi said the country was proud of the forces and have faith in them and the government has ensured operational freedom for them to deal with "those who are our harming the country."

-- PTI

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