Land, air or space, we had courage to do surgical strikes: PM Modi

MEERUT/RUDRAPUR: In his first election deal with after the ballot time table was introduced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a scathing assault on the opposition by means of pronouncing that 'if Congress is got rid of, poverty will disappear.' He also referred to the luck of 'Mission Shakti', pronouncing, "It is this chowkidar's government that had the courage to conduct surgical strikes on land, in air as well as in space."

"For four generations, the Congress family has harped on their slogans of 'garibi hatao'. The family continued to grow but the poor remained poor. For 72 years, Congress has backstabbed the poor of this country but now I assure you that your chowkidar, your Prime Minister will not rest till poverty is truly alleviated from the country," Modi said at a rally in Meerut.

Coining a brand new acronym for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance, and terming it 'Sarab', PM Narendra Modi on Thursday said, "Take 'sa' from Samajwadi Party, 'ra' from Rashtriya Lok Dal and 'b' from Bahujan Samaj Party, and see what you get? Shouldn't we rescue ourselves from sarab for our good health?" He added that "Behenji worked hard for over two decades to put opposition leaders into jail and now she has joined hands with them."

The PM alleged that "mahamilawat (grand adulteration) leaders are competing with each other as to who will become a hero in Pakistan." "They are all over Pakistani media. People are clapping for them. You tell me what does our nation want? A hero of India or of Pakistan?"

Referring to the opposition's call for for evidence of the Balakot air strikes, the PM said, "Kya humein saboot chahiye ya sapoot chahiye? Mere desh ke sapoot hi mere desh ke sabse bada saboot hai. Jo saboot maangte hain woh sapoot ko lalkaarte hain" (Do we would like evidence or do we would like our infantrymen who're the actual children of our nation and the biggest evidence? Those who're asking for evidence are challenging the actual sons of the country.")

Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi - who had needed Modi "Happy Theatre Day' after the latter's televised deal with on the luck of Mission Shakti - the PM said, "I do not know whether to laugh or to cry at those who thought I was speaking of a theatre set when I spoke of A-SAT (Anti-satellite missile). What do you say about a person who doesn't even know the difference between A-SAT and theatre set?"

Taking a jibe on the Congress's ballot promise of shifting Rs 72,000 into the financial institution accounts of the poor every year, the PM said, "Those people who could not open bank accounts for the poor in the last 70 years are promising direct transfer of money into their accounts."

In his subsequent ballot stop at Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, Modi resumed his tirade against Congress by means of alleging that the birthday celebration was chargeable for corruption, loss of development and migration from villages of Uttarakhand. The PM began his deal with by means of greeting the massive crowd that had collected on the rally venue 'Modi Maidan' (named after the PM) in Kumaoni. Expressing his gratitude for the giant accumulating, he said that everyone who seemed in the rally was a 'Chowkidar'. He requested people to chant after him and entire the sentence, 'Main bhi........Chowkidar'.

"Devbhomi Uttarakhand has Char Dhams, but today I add a fifth one - Sainik Dham as every second house in this state is that of an Army jawan," the PM said, including that "attempts are being made by the opposition parties to hurt the morale of defence forces."

The PM also added that over 40,000 properties were built under PM Awas Yojana in Uttarakhand and "it is my responsibility to provide homes for the homeless." "I assure you there will be no homeless in India by 2022," said Modi.