Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi lashed out at Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for publicly discussing the issue of bringing back underworld don Dawood Ibrahim to India.
Expressing his views on how to deal with the Maoists problem, the Gujarat Chief Minister said, I have publicly told the people following the particular ideology that they have to make a choice whether they have to choose between bloodshed and greenery, gun and plough, ballot and bullet, vote and death.
However, the BJP strongman said, “In some cases where situation can be handled with talks it should be done, but at the same time we need to deal strictly with those who have made up their mind to indulge in bloodshed.
When asked about Defence Minister AK Antony’s statement in Parliament on Pakistan that India wouldn’t tolerate ceasefire violations, the BJP’s PM candidate said that a more grievous issue is of the killing of two Kerala fishermen by Italian marines.
Heavily criticising the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government on the Kerala fishermen killing case, Modi said, “The marines were brought back to India after Supreme Court’s order.” He further asked the central government of disclosing the location where the Italian marines have been kept.
Raising the issue of beheading of Indian soldiers on the border, Modi chided Antony for saying that some people came in Pakistani Army uniform and killed the Indian soldiers. He said Anotny’s statement was not accepted by the Indian Army which later said Pakistanis killed our soldiers.
Spelling out the agenda of the BJP, the Gujarat CM said that his party believes in unity and development, empowering the downtrodden, providing employment opportunities to the youth, security to the fairer community, irrigation facilities for the farmers.
In his message to the GenX, he said that the youngsters between 18-28 years of age are not only voters but also canvassers. Saying that the young generation is capable of changing the future of the country he urged them to vote for a strong government which can fulfil their dreams.
Bureau Report
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