Quite disappointing
‘Ram Navami to Hanuman Jayanti — all festivals face stone pelting in Rajasthan’: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday attacked the Ashok Gehlot government over the law and order situation in the state, saying that no festival goes by without news of stone pelting.
“I want to ask, when Jodhpur was burning during riots, what was the CM doing? When there was violence and the innocent people were being killed, what were the Congress leaders doing? Is appeasement Congress’s first and last policy? Ram Navami, Parshuram Jayanti, Hanuman Jayanti – there is no festival in which news of stone pelting is not received from Rajasthan,” the PM said in Jodhpur.
“In Jodhpur city, which used to be known for peace, there is gang war in broad daylight. A businessman’s son is kidnapped and is mercilessly killed, and a Congress MLA says she herself is not safe. Can we imagine what the situation of a regular sister and daughter must be?” he said, adding that the Congress “loves vote bank more than Rajasthan’s interests”.
Bringing up the issue of red diary, which allegedly contains incriminating material against the state government, Modi said, “People say that the red diary has all the black deeds of Congress’s corruption. Tell me, should the dark secrets of the red diary be revealed or not? If you want to know the truth… you will have to bring the BJP government.”
Modi also praised Vivek Agnihotri’s The Vaccine War, saying that “every Indian is feeling proud after watching that film”.
“I want to congratulate the filmmakers that by making The Vaccine War, you gave importance to the country’s scientists and science. This will be of immense use to the coming generations,” he said.
“Is India’s voice being heard across the world or not? Is India’s voice being heard in America or not?),” he said, repeating it for England, Singapore and Japan. “Do you feel proud or not? Congress people don’t feel this way, they feel sad.”
Earlier in the day, the PM laid the foundation stone for projects worth about Rs 5,000 crore in Jodhpur. These include a 350-bed Trauma Centre and Critical Care Hospital Block at AIIMS, Jodhpur, 7 Critical Care Blocks under PM-ABHIM, and the development of New Terminal Building at Jodhpur Airport. He also dedicated IIT Jodhpur campus to the nation, built at a cost of more than Rs 1,135 crore.
In a subsequent political rally, the PM asked why Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was missing from the government programme. “It was a government programme but the CM was absent. Why? Because he has faith that when Modi comes, everything will be fine… I also tell him, ‘take rest, we will take it from here’.”
Hamza Khan – 2023-10-05 20:40