Rahul finally acknowledged what Modi govt has achieved in Kashmir: BJP

Rahul Gandhi acknowledged for the first time what the Narendra Modi government has achieved in Kashmir BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Sunday reacting to the Congress leaders remarks about people in the region hoisting the national tricolourAddressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters Patra hit out at the Congress and said the party was practising negative politics by portraying a picture of India as a country that is destroyed and where every individual is unhappyAt a time when the world is calling India a bright spot Rahul Gandhi and the string of speeches by their leaders during the Congress plenary are showing as if India is ruinedI want to thank Rahul Gandhi for acknowledging for the first time what the Modi government has achieved in Kashmir In Jammu and Kashmir where the tricolour was not hoisted before today if the Congress party is seeing thousands of tricolours in the same region then what is the reason behind this Rahul Gandhi should also think about it said PatraHe also said that if the people in Kashmir are now raising the tricolour and there is a tricolour at Lal Chowk then it is because of good governance of the Narendra Modi governmentAlso readKashmiri Pandit ATM guard shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama politicians condemn the killingAddressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh Gandhi said that during his Bharat Jodo Yatra he had seen thousands of people of Kashmir raising the national tricolour even in areas that are the worst hit by terrorismReferring to Gandhis dig at Prime Minister Modis speech in Parliament in reference to his unfurling the tricolour at Lal Chowk in 1991 Patra said that it was in the same spirit that the Har Ghar Tiranga movement was started that there is no place in the country where the Indian flag cannot be unfurledHitting out at the Congress leaders reference to areas in Kashmir as terrorist hit Patra said that the Indian tricolour can now be seen there as wellPatra also said that Gandhi should stop making remarks on who is weak and who is strong He asked if the Congress was referring to Pakistan as a weak country when it is a terrorist state and it had sent terrorists to India unleashing mayhem in IndiaAs far as Indias sovereignty is concerned today under the leadership of Modi ji India is a capable country in which the army has a free hand he saidQuoting the then defence minister A K Antony who in 2013 had said in Parliament I will not be hesitant to accept the truth For 70 long years the policy of India had been underdeveloped borders are the safest places because China is powerful Patra said that this statement proves the cowardice of the then governmentPatra further alleged that at the time of the Doklam standoff when Indian soldiers were putting up a fight to safeguard the country the Gandhi family was meeting Chinese officialsWe have also seen the agreement Sonia Gandhi and Rahul ji made with Xi Jinping when they went to China in 2008 he saidAccusing the Gandhi family of seeking power without responsibility Patra rebuked Rahul Gandhi for having to undertake a short trip to know this country after 52 years when leaders of the saffron party left their homes early in life as pracharaksToday India is a bright star Irrespective of their negative politics the world has realised the potential of India Therefore Rahul Gandhi should not worry about India Patra saidHe also hit out at the AAP over the questioning of its leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in the excise policy case and said that despite repeated queries from party leaders about the cartelisation of the excise policy there was no response from themWe had asked AAP and its leaders why Manish Sisodia allowed cartelisation in the excise policy Besides we asked some more pointed questions However we received no answer from them They keep beating around the bushAAP leaders cannot hide their corruption through event management he saidSisodia arrived at the heavilybarricaded CBI office for questioning after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the Raj GhatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever