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PM Modi introduced up the emotive challenge of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara at his Punjab rally (File)
Patiala:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted had he been in energy in 1971, he would have taken Kartapur Sahib from Pakistan earlier than releasing their troops.
Addressing a rally in Punjab’s Patiala – his first within the state – for the seventh part of Lok Sabha polls on June 1, PM Modi stated Punjab and the Sikh neighborhood have all the time been on the forefront of national-building efforts. He lambasted the present AAP authorities over problems with corruption and drug commerce.
He referred to as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann solely a ‘kagazi Chief Minister’ – a Chief Minister on paper.
PM Modi introduced up the emotive challenge of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, the place Guru Nanak Dev spent the final years of his life and a spot sacred to Sikhs, and blamed the Congress for the nation’s Partition, saying they did it for the sake of energy.
The Partition left Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan’s Punjab, only a few kilometres away from the border with India. “For 70 years, we might have a ‘darshan‘ of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara solely with binoculars,” he stated.
A possibility offered itself to take again the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in 1971 when greater than 90,000 Pakistani troopers surrendered earlier than the Indian Military and “we had the trump card in our arms”, he stated.
“Had Modi been there at the moment, he would have taken Kartapur Sahib from them after which freed their troops,” he stated.
“They (Congress) didn’t do this, however I did as a lot I might,” the PM added, referring to the opening of the Kartapur Sahib Hall in 2019 that made it simpler for Sikh pilgrims to journey to the shrine.
Campaigning for Patiala candidate Preneet Kaur, the spouse of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, PM Modi stated he has come to hunt the blessings within the land of Gurus “by bowing my head”.
Different BJP candidates – Parampal Kaur Sidhu from Bathinda, Arvind Khanna from Sangrur, Hans Raj Hans from Faridkot, and Gejja Ram Valmiki from the Fatehgarh Sahib seat – had been additionally current on stage as PM Modi spoke, donning the normal Sikh turban.
Punjab has led the nation in varied sectors, from agriculture to trade, he stated. However, the present “fiercely corrupt” Bhagwant Mann authorities has modified all that, he added.
“Commerce and trade are leaving Punjab whereas the drug commerce is rising. All the state authorities is working on debt.” The federal government’s writ doesn’t run right here whereas sand and drug mafia, and shooter gangs’ rule, the prime minister stated. “All ministers are having fun with and the ‘kagazi Chief Minister’ is all the time busy marking his presence within the ‘Delhi darbar‘. Can such folks deliver growth to Punjab?” He additionally took a dig on the AAP and the Congress for preventing the Lok Sabha polls collectively in Delhi and in opposition to one another in Punjab.
“In Punjab, they’re preventing in opposition to one another in elections simply to point out to folks. Delhi’s ‘fiercely corrupt get together’ and the get together which is responsible of anti-Sikh riots are enacting a drama of preventing in opposition to one another),” he stated.
“However the reality is ‘panja‘ (the Congress image) and ‘jhadoo‘ (the AAP image) are two outfits, however the store is identical. Over right here they could give any assertion (in opposition to one another), however in Delhi, each are dancing collectively. That’s the reason, I urge folks of Punjab to watch out for them.” He stated the get together that “betrayed” their guru Anna Hazare and may converse lies 10 occasions a day can by no means do any good to Punjab or its youngsters.
PM Modi listed out steps taken by his authorities for the good thing about the Sikh neighborhood comparable to tax exemption on materials used for making ‘langar’ and stress-free overseas donation norms to the Golden Temple. He additional stated his authorities had introduced ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ to mark the martyrdom of the tenth Sikh guru’s sons.
“However some folks don’t perceive what the ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ announcement meant. I really feel unhappy that sure folks haven’t any understanding of it. I needed each little one to know the sacrifices of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh.”
He additional stated his authorities introduced Sikh households and ‘saroops‘ of Guru Granth Sahib from Afghanistan. “I’ve blood relations with you,” stated PM Modi, including that one of many ‘panj pyare‘ (5 beloved ones) of Guru Gobind Singh belonged to Gujarat.
He stated because the Gujarat Chief Minister, he rebuilt a gurdwara, the place first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev as soon as halted, which was broken in an earthquake. “Modi doesn’t do it for votes. Modi’s head bows earlier than the sacrifices of Sikh Gurus,” he stated.
Maintaining the assault on the INDIA bloc, he stated, “They neither have a frontrunner, nor intent”, and that their greatest intention is the appeasement of their vote financial institution whereas the BJP’s mantra is ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas‘.
Slamming the Congress for opposing the Citizenship (Modification) Act, PM Modi stated Sikh households had been persecuted in nations like Pakistan, Bangladesh and his authorities determined to offer them citizenship. “It’s not for vote financial institution,” he said.
He stated the INDIA bloc lies to farmers. “They made a promise with farmers however didn’t fulfill it. It’s the BJP which supplies precedence to the welfare of farmers.” Within the final 10 years, there was a report buy of wheat and paddy from Punjab, he stated. “We raised MSP two-and-a-half occasions within the final 10 years,” he added.
Safety was beefed up after farmer our bodies referred to as an indication in opposition to PM Modi.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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