Accusing the Congress of questioning the valor of the armed forces, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was aimed at “launching” their leader Rahul Gandhi, and wondered whether Rahul Gandhi would be in Karachi or Can go to Lahore. As part of the march.
Launching the second part of the BJP’s ‘Vijay Sankalp Yatra’ here, he appealed to the people to support the party to form the government with a two-thirds majority in the assembly polls to be held by May.
The yatra is being launched in parts by central leaders of the party, in specially designed vehicles or “raths”, from four different directions in the electoral state. The first part was launched by BJP national president JP Nadda in Chamarajanagar district on Wednesday.
“Do you know about the Youth Congress leader, he is being launched now, and for this he did the Bharat Jodo Yatra. India got divided during the partition in 1947, so I thought Rahul Gandhi The one who was on Bharat Jodo Yatra could have gone to Karachi or Lahore, but he did not go there,” Singh said.
Addressing a public meeting here, he asked who did Gandhi try to unite when the whole of India is united and united.
Hitting out at the Congress, he said, “One cannot do politics for long by fooling people, only one can succeed who does politics with confidence and maintains eye contact with people, and only in the BJP.” Only he can do that.” He was accused of raising slogans of ‘Modi teri kabr khudegi’.
“They are not digging Modi’s grave, but their own with such slogans. The more mud our Congress friends throw against BJP and PM Modi, the more our lotus will bloom.
Accusing the Congress of questioning the courage and valor of our defense forces, he asked, “What happened to them?… As Defense Minister I want to say, we are proud of our armed forces, the kind of gallant acts They have done. Have done, if I say it openly, you will be even more proud.” Earlier in the day, Singh visited the memorial of Sangolli Rayanna here and paid homage, after which he started the yatra.
Sangolli Rayanna (1798–1831) was the army chief of the erstwhile Kittur kingdom ruled by Rani Chennamma and fought against the British and was hanged from a banyan tree near Nandgarh in Belagavi district in 1831.
Singh said, this day and this public meeting is good for the BJP as the election results of three north eastern states are being declared today, and one of them Tripura And Nagaland The party is once again forming the government while in Meghalaya It has increased the number of seats.
The Defense Minister called upon the people to once again take a pledge to form the BJP government in the state, and this time with a two-thirds majority, to form a “New Karnataka”.
Pointing out that the BJP could not serve the state for a full five-year term after the 2018 assembly polls, when no party got a clear majority, Singh said, “It is the wish of the party and its leadership that This time let us get a two-thirds majority in Karnataka and form the government.” State party veteran BS Yeddyurappa has also said that he will exert all his might and work to get the BJP a two-thirds majority, he said, “If BJP gets mandate for full five years, no one can stop Karnataka from becoming number one state in south of India.” Noting that Yediyurappa cited his age and health reasons (in July 2021) Decided to step down as CM, Singh said, with his consent Basavaraj Bommai was made CM.
“When Yediyurappa, the son of this soil, voluntarily resigned after serving the state for a long time, it had to be respected. When Yeddyurappa, who has high stature in the party, decided to step down as chief minister, PM Modi and the entire parliamentary board decided to make him a member of the parliamentary board, which is the highest decision-making body,” he said, referring to Yeddyurappa’s service. can never be forgotten.
Highlighting various initiatives of the Modi-led government in the state for the development and progress of Karnataka, the Defense Minister talked about HAL’s manufacturing helicopters in Tumakuru, inauguration of new airports and industrial corridors.
Claiming that the BJP always talks and delivers on the commitment made to the people, he pointed to the abrogation of Article 370 and ending ‘triple talaq’, as he did UPI transactions and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). ) also promoted. Achievements of Modi government
He also highlighted India’s growing stature globally and emerging as an economic powerhouse under the current BJP dispensation at the Centre.
Asserting that the Modi-led BJP government would not tolerate terrorism and those supporting it, he said, as part of this PFI was banned.
The defense minister also said that India now produces bombs, tanks, missiles among various other ammunition required for national security within the country and no longer imports them to the extent of earlier. “We are now in Make in India and Make for the world” While Singh flagged off the second yatra from Nandagarh today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will start the third and fourth yatras from Basavakalyan in Bidar district and Avathi at Devanahalli near Bengaluru. The ones are March 3 in the morning and afternoon respectively.
According to party leaders, more than 50 state and national leaders will take part in the campaign, which will cover all 31 districts and 224 constituencies in the state.
The yatra will cover a distance of 8,000 km, with the party planning over 80 rallies, 74 public meetings and around 150 roadshows, he said, adding that it is expected to “contact” around four crore people.
The 20-day yatra will culminate on March 25 with a mega rally in the district headquarters town of Davangere which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Starting from four different places, each will be attended by 10-12 leaders.
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