May 12, 2026 06:37 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Protests erupt in Delhi after NEET UG 2026 cancellation over alleged paper leak | AIADMK cracks widen after Tamil Nadu defeat; faction backs Vijay-led TVK government | Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam CM for second term after BJP’s landslide win | Bengali rights activist Garga Chatterjee arrested over alleged provocative remarks ahead of assembly polls | No return to full WFH yet: IT firms unlikely to change hybrid work model despite PM Modi’s appeal | Suvendu Adhikari Cabinet clears BSF land transfer, census rollout, Ayushman Bharat in Bengal | Mamata govt's welfare schemes to continue: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari after first cabinet meeting | ‘One of life’s most emotional moments’: PM Modi performs grand Mahapuja at Somnath Temple | UPI trail cracks Suvendu Adhikari aide Chandranath Rath murder case; three arrested | Totally unacceptable: Trump rejects Iran’s peace plan in explosive showdown

PM Narendra Modi slams Congress, opposition parties

| @indiablooms | Mar 09, 2019, at 04:57 pm

Greater Noida, Mar 9 (UNI) Launching a scathing attack on the Congress and other opposition parties , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged the previous UPA Government of denying permission to the armed forces for avenging the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008.

Addressing a gathering after launching several developmental projects here, in presence of Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma and Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, PM Modi slammed the opposition for demanding proof of the Uri surgical strikes and the Balakot air strikes.

Alleging that the security forces were not given a free hand to deal with terrorism during the previous regime, the PM said links of attacks and blasts earlier also were connected to Pakistan, but the earlier governments only changed the Home Minister.

“Now you tell me, in such situations should the Home Minister be changed or the policy?” he said.

Accusing the opposition parties of abusing him, the PM said,'there is competition among corrupt people to abuse chowkidar (gatekeeper). They think abusing me will get them votes. However, I have the blessings of 130 crore Indians.'

On the opposition demand for proof of air strikes, he said,'the information to the world about the recent IAF airstrikes in Pakistan was given by Pakistan itself through a tweet.

'Jiski ragon mein Hindustan ka khoon hai, usko shaq hona chahiye kya?... Jo Bharat Maa ki jai bolta hai, usko shaq hona chahiye kya? Ye shaq karne wale log kaun hain? Aise logon ki baaton pe bharosa karoge kya? (Anyone iwith Indian blood flowing in his veins should he doubt the forces? One who says 'Bharat mata Ki jai should he have any doubts? Who are these people? Will you express faith in these people?)

Image: UNI

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.