Soldiers died because Cong loved Art 370: PM

October 14, 2019 20:02

Launching a broadside against the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the opposition party to explain "its love" for Article 370 to the families of security personnel martyred in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing his first of four election rallies in Haryana this week, he said the opposition was shedding "crocodile tears" and challenged the Congress to tell people that it will rescind the Modi Government's decision on J-K if voted to power.

Modi also targeted the Congress over Rafale, saying he was happy that despite its best efforts to stall the deal, the country had received first of the fighter jets, and stressed that the BJP was committed to strengthening security forces.

Asserting that India is now taking big decisions like on Article 370 which were unthinkable earlier, the prime minister said the massive mandate from the people gave him the strength to take the step which, he asserted, has the backing of the entire country including Haryana. Some people whose interests have been affected are raising questions on this decision and seeking help in foreign nations, the prime minister said, while again targeting the opposition on the issue as he did in poll-bound Maharashtra on Sunday. Modi said the opposition parties in Haryana were crumbling and their attempts to come together are falling apart, while the BJP had a "strong team and a strong captain" in Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. "India is taking big decisions, which no one could think of earlier. Which decision am I talking about? This decision on Article 370," he said.

Modi said there was feeling in Haryana and the entire country that J&K needs to be pulled out of spiral of violence and put on path of development. "J&K and Ladakh are moving on path of trust and development and credit for this does not go to Modi, but it goes to 130 crore people of this country and voters of this country. You gave us big mandate and I derive strength from you to realise your dreams," he said. -- PTI

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