#Kanyakumari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a BJP rally in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari town, said every Indian is proud that brave Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is from Tamil Nadu, following it up with the statement that he is proud that India’s first woman defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also from Tamil Nadu. This was the first time that the Prime Minister directly spoke about the IAF pilot who has been in Pakistani custody for the last two days. The PM Narendra Modi had made a cryptic reference to the IAF pilot on Thursday after his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan made the announcement about his release. The Prime Minister, who was present at a science award function said, “You are folks who spend your lives in a laboratory, and are used to conducting pilot projects. A pilot project is followed by scalability. Now a pilot project has been completed. Now we have to make it real. Earlier it was just a practice session”. “India has been facing terror for a long time, but not anymore. The nation expected the people responsible for terror to be punished but that was never done before. Mumbai attack happened but nothing was done against it. When Uri attacks happened you saw what happened and when pulwama attacks happened you saw what our brave air warriors did. There was a time when news report said that Air Force wanted to take action but UPA did not want them to do anything. Now reports say that armed forces have all the power to do what they want. This is New India,” PM Modi said.
China on Friday welcomed Pakistan’s decision to release Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and encouraged the two countries to engage in more counter terrorism cooperation and dialogue for regional peace and stability.
This is the first time Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directly spoken about Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman since his capture by Pakistani officials in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on Wednesday after his aircraft was downed.
Campaigning for lok sabha elections in TN’s Kanyakumari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “Everyone is proud that brave Wing Commander Abhinandan is from Tamil Nadu… I am proud that India’s first woman Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is from Tamil Nadu.”
Campaigning for lok sabha elections in TN’s Kanyakumari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “Everyone is proud that brave Wing Commander Abhinandan is from Tamil Nadu… I am proud that India’s first woman Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is from Tamil Nadu.”
Bureau Report
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