Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Addressing a public rally in Punjab’s Patiala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he would have ‘taken Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan’ before releasing 90,000 Pakistani soldiers who surrendered during the Bangladesh war. PM Modi accused the Congress of leaving Kartarpur Sahib to Pakistan.
PM Modi said in Patiala, “Congress divided the country in such a way that for 70 years we had to see Kartarpur Sahib through binoculars.”
Prime Minister Modi said, “When the Bangladesh war was fought, more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers had surrendered. If Modi had been there at that time, I would have taken Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan and then released their soldiers… I couldn’t do it, but I did as much as I could. Today, the Kartarpur Sahib corridor is active for devotees.”
The Prime Minister criticized the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, alleging that the state is struggling with the booming drug trade and burdened with debt under the leadership of the current government.
During his first election rally in Punjab ahead of the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on June 1, Modi emphasized that Punjab has provided exemplary leadership to the nation in various sectors from agriculture to industry.
Following this, Prime Minister Modi pointed out that the state government is dependent on huge amounts of debt to continue its operations.
He said the government has no influence in the area, which is controlled by sand and drug mafia as well as shooter gangs.
“All the ministers are enjoying it and the ‘paper CM’ (Chief Minister on paper only) is always busy marking his presence in the ‘Delhi Darbar’,” the Prime Minister said.
He also accused AAP and Congress of fighting the Lok Sabha elections together in Delhi and against each other in Punjab.
“In Punjab, they fight against each other in elections just to show off to the people. The ‘terribly corrupt party’ of Delhi and the party guilty of anti-Sikh riots (in Punjab) are pretending to fight against each other,” Prime Minister Modi said.
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Published: May 23, 2024, 07:50 PM IST
