Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in Agartala to address an election rally in the poll-bound Tripura. In the address, he told people that India has always wanted peaceful relations with Pakistan but it had different plans. Therefore, in response to incessant violations by Pakistani Army, the Indian forces have been directed to fire countless bullets to even one Pakistani bullet.

Singh’s attack on Pakistan

At a rally in Barjala, he said,

“I have given standing orders to our forces to shoot limitless bullets to retaliate a single fire on our territory by the Pakistani forces.”

Pakistan is our neighbour and we have never disturbed the peaceful relations, said Singh. It is always Pakistan playing the wicked part. Time and again it has tricked to disintegrate India and disturb the harmony.

Singh on Kashmir

“As our neighbour, we do not want to attack Pakistan first. We want to live in peace and harmony with our all neighbours. But, most, unfortunately, Pakistan is trying to tear down Jammu and Kashmir and continue attacks on our forces and Indian Territory,” said Singh.

Singh reiterated that Kashmir was, is and will always be an integral part of the Indian territory. He further said:

 “Kisi ne maa ka doodh nahi piya jo Kashmir ko Bharat se alag kar de. Kashmir hamara tha, hai aur rahega (There is no one who can separate Kashmir from India, Kashmir was, is and will remain ours).”

There has been a sporadic increase in the ceasefire violation from the other side of the border. Singh chose to hit at Pakistan for the ceasefire violation saying that Islamabad should not misinterpret India’s “decency”.

Setting the base in Tripura

Creating a pitch for BJP in Tripura, he said those 25 years of Left Front Government have shown no result. It has done nothing for the economic prosperity of the state and for tackling poverty and unemployment. Singh said that CPM’s 35 years rule in West Bengal ruined that state. Consequently, Left would destroy the future of the state and its people.

Lashing out at Left parties he added that it was only BJP who could let the northeast prosper. Singh talked of the presence of abundant natural resources as a gift. If voted to power, we will make Tripura the number one state, he said:

“You have given scope to the Left parties in Tripura many times, give scope to BJP once this time to rule for genuine development of the state with an all-round growth of all sections of people,” he concluded.

By saket