Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flayed the Congress for its stand on Article 370, which granted special status to erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ram temple and said the opposition party has opened all its “morchas” against him ahead of the Lok Sabha polls but the people are acting as his “suraksha kavach”.
“For decades, the Congress had created obstacles in the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir,’’ Modi said while addressing a public gathering after laying foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rewari in Haryana.
The programme was attended by Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister M L Khattar and Union Minister Rao Inderjeet Singh, among others.
He said he had given a guarantee and fulfilled it by scrapping Article 370.
“Despite the Congress’ attempts, Article 370 is lost in pages of history. Today in Jammu and Kashmir, women, Dalits, backward and tribals are getting their rights.
That is why people have taken one more pledge and are saying 370 seats for the BJP and 400-plus for the NDA,’’ the Prime Minister said.
He added that the Congress always encouraged terrorists and separatists.
He asserted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, due in April-May.
Modi flayed the Congress over its stand on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying those who used to call Lord Ram imaginary and did not want a temple to be constructed are also chanting ‘Jai Siya Ram’ now.
“As Prime Ministerial candidate, I had given some guarantees.” The country wanted a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and it has been fulfilled, he said.
