Attacking Congress on the national security front, Prime Minister Narendra Modi charged stone pelting against security forces, beheading of Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir would have continued if the Opposition party was in power.
Addressing a rally in Rajasthan, the prime minister said, “In 2014, when you gave Modi the opportunity to serve in Delhi, the country took decisions that no one had imagined. But if the Congress had been in power, stones would still be pelted at our forces in Jammu and Kashmir, enemies would still be cutting off the heads of our soldiers from across the border, and the Congress government would not have done anything. One Rank One Pension would not have been implemented for our soldiers, bomb blasts would have been taking place in the country if Congress was in power,” ANI reported.
Modi charged the Congress party protected the Rajasthan serial blast accused and under its regime, Rajasthan topped in crime against women. “If Congress was in power, it would have found new ways of corruption. Rajasthan was No 1 in crime against women during Congress rule. Congress shamelessly said that this is Rajasthan's identity in Vidhan Sabha,” he said.
The prime minister said ‘enemy’ took advantage whenever the country was divided. “Even now efforts are going on to divide Rajasthan and its people and Rajasthan needs to be cautious of this. In these 10 years, you have seen what a stable and honest government can do for the development of the country."
The prime minister also charged Congress gave no regard for the Constitution and wanted to snatch away the rights of backward communities and give it to Muslims. “When the Constitution was drafted, reservation based on religion was opposed, so that SC, ST and OBC castes could get protection. Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh in his speech had said that Muslims have the first right on the country's resources. This was Manmohan Singh's statement. Congress's thinking has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics,” he said.
Modi charged, “As soon as the Congress government came to power at the Centre in 2004, its first task was to try to provide reservation to Muslims by reducing SC/ST reservations in Andhra Pradesh. This was a pilot project, which Congress wanted to try in the entire country. Between 2004 and 2010, Congress tried four times to implement Muslim reservations in Andhra Pradesh. However, due to legal hurdles and awareness of the Supreme Court, they could not fulfil his plans.”
-with inputs from agencies.
