Those supplying 'aatank' struggling to get 'atta': PM Modi's veiled dig at Pakistan
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Damoh, April 20: In a veiled at cash-strapped Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi told an election rally in MP's Damoh on Friday that while India is stepping forward as the world's fastest developing nation "our neighbours" which is supplier of aatank (terrorism) is now struggling to get atta (flour).
Amid the escalating tension in West Asia, PM Modi also said with "clouds of war" spreading across the world, "India needs a govt that can work on a war footing and protect the country under all circumstances, and this work can be done by a BJP govt which returns to office with an absolute majority".
While India is powering on as world's fastest developing nation, "one of our neighbours, which was a supplier of 'aatank (terrorism)', is now struggling to procure 'atta' (flour)," PM Modi veiledly attacked where inflation rate is as high as 20%.
PM Modi, during the rally, said that the Congress party had kept the defence sector weak for decades.
This was PM Modi's fourth visit to the state in a fortnight.
Meanwhile, PM Modi praised Iqbal Ansari, a former litigant in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, for accepting the invitation to attend the grand Ram Temple event in Ayodhya in January. He also slammed the Opposition for not attending the event despite invitations.
Amid the escalating tension in West Asia, PM Modi also said with "clouds of war" spreading across the world, "India needs a govt that can work on a war footing and protect the country under all circumstances, and this work can be done by a BJP govt which returns to office with an absolute majority".
While India is powering on as world's fastest developing nation, "one of our neighbours, which was a supplier of 'aatank (terrorism)', is now struggling to procure 'atta' (flour)," PM Modi veiledly attacked where inflation rate is as high as 20%.
"Our principle is nation first,” the PM said on India’s move to purchase oil from Russia after the latter’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022 despite the international pressure.
“We took this decision in the national interest to ensure that people of our country get cheap oil and farmers get adequate fertilisers," the PM said, adding: "Today, our country has a govt that neither comes under pressure nor bows before anyone."
PM Modi, during the rally, said that the Congress party had kept the defence sector weak for decades.
““The entire country has seen how they [INDIA bloc] deployed their whole strength so that our Air Force was not strengthened and Rafale fighter jets did not come to the country. Had the Congress government been there, Indian-made Tejas fighter planes would not have soared into the skies,” he said. ”
This was PM Modi's fourth visit to the state in a fortnight.
Meanwhile, PM Modi praised Iqbal Ansari, a former litigant in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, for accepting the invitation to attend the grand Ram Temple event in Ayodhya in January. He also slammed the Opposition for not attending the event despite invitations.