Narendra Modi: Congress missed opportunities to bring Kartarpur to India. India News – Times of India

Pathankot: PM Modi Accused the past Congress governments of letting go of three opportunities of keeping the holy Sikh shrine of Gurdwara Kartapur Sahib in India, which is now in Pakistan and barely 5 km from India. Punjab Limit. Speaking at an election rally near the India-Pakistan border on Wednesday, he called for the Congress and AAP to do away with the old block – “one looted Punjab, while the other is involved in scam after scam in Delhi”.
He said that the Congress leadership of 1947 did not consider keeping Kartapur Sahib with India and during the Indo-Pakistan conflict of 1965, when the Indian Army was moving towards Lahore, it went a few steps ahead to include Kartapur Sahib. could. Then during the 1971 war, India could demand Kartapur Sahib in exchange for 90,000 Pakistan PoW.
Modi said his government has done what the Congress failed to do over the years – opening the Kartarpur corridor for pilgrims. He said that people no longer need to visit the temple through binoculars, but they can go there and offer prayers.
Modi said Congress leaders had questioned the bravery of the Army when six terrorists from Pakistan attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station in January 2016. Pulwama Attack, Congress kept attacking them. Now, they are again asking for proof of bravery of our army.”
He alleged that the Congress gave big posts to those involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, while the BJP government put them behind bars.
Launching a simultaneous attack against the Congress and the AAP, Modi said: “The Congress now has a partner-in-crime to support its misdeeds. There are many similarities between the two parties. They together decided to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Opposed. If Congress is an original, AAP is its Xerox.”
He alleged that Congress and AAP are playing ‘noora wrestling’ and pretending to be against each other in the elections.
Appeal to people to vote for BJP and alliance partners Punjab Lok Congress This time to Captain Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s SAD (United), Modi “complained” that Punjab did not give the party a chance to serve him (though it was a junior partner in three Akali governments since 1997). The SAD and the BJP parted ways a few years ago over three agriculture laws.
The PM said he received “motherly love” from the people of Pathankot when he came to this border cantonment town by two-wheeler or train on his way to Jammu and Kashmir. Hitting out at the emotional connect with people, he said: “Majha ki mitti ne maa ki ki mitti ne maa ki love and affection.”
Modi also recalled an old connection between Majha—the region in Punjab where Pathankot is located—and the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. “Majha has a special bond with Kashi Vishwanath as the domes of the temple were covered with gold donated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.”
In his nearly hour-long speech, Modi said: “We will create a strong and prosperous Punjab, not a helpless one… The BJP wants a nawan, hasda, wasda, nachda and charda Punjab (BJP wants a new, smiling, Prosper, wants to dance) and Rising Punjab).

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