KANDHAMAL,
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi launched an attack on Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar over his ‘Pakistan has an atom bomb’ remark and accused the party of “finding ways” of scaring the people, adding that ‘yeh mare pade log, desh ke mann ko bhi maar rahe hain’ (These dead people are also trying to kill the soul of the country). In an April 15 interview with ‘Chill Pill’ Aiyar, Aiyar said that Pakistan is a respected nation that also possesses an atom bomb so India must enter into a dialogue with them. Addressing a public meeting in Odisha’s Kandhamal, PM Modi took a jibe at Pakistan’s economy and said that while the “country had atom bombs,” it was looking for someone to sell them but was unable to do so due to its “poor quality.”
“Time and again, Congress tries to scare its own country. They say, ‘sambhal ke chalo Pakistan ke pass atom bomb hai. Ye mare pade log, desh ke man ko bhi maar rahe hain’. They talk about Pakistan’s bomb, but the condition of Pakistan is such that they don’t know how to keep them and they are looking for a buyer to sell their bombs but no one wants to buy them as people know about the quality,” the Prime Minister Modi said. He also took a jab at Pakistan’s economy, saying while the “country had atom bombs”, it was looking for someone to sell them but was unable to do so due to their poor quality. He further asserted that the people of Jammu and Kashmir faced terrorism for 60 years because of Congress. “Due to this attitude of Congress, the people of Jammu and Kashmir faced terrorism for 60 years and the nation witnessed several terror attacks. Nation will never forget that they used to have meetings with terrorist organisations. They didn’t dare to initiate an investigation against them after the 26/11 attack because they did not have the guts to take action against the terrorists involved in the attack.
The people of the I.N.D.I. alliance used to think that their vote bank would get affected,” he said. Congress won’t win even 50 LS seats, will not get Opposition party status after polls: PM: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed that the Congress will not win even 50 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and will not be able to get the Opposition party status after the polls. Addressing election rallies in Kandhamal, Bolangir and Bargarh Lok Sabha seats, Modi claimed that Odisha’s ‘asmita’ (pride) is in danger and the BJP will protect it, while asserting that a “double engine” Government of the BJP party will be formed in the State and a “son or daughter of the soil who understands Odia language and culture” will be made the Chief Minister.