Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked state governments Friday to take stern action if there is any attack on Kashmiris. He called those who targeted Kashmiris recently in Lucknow ‘crazed people’.
In an apparent reference to remarks by opposition leaders after the recent air strikes on the Balakot terror camp in Pakistan, Modi also lashed at those ‘demeaning’ the valour displayed by the armed forces after the Jaish-e-Mohammed attack against the CRPF in Kashmir.
Addressing a public meeting here, Modi brought up the Lucknow incident in which two Kashmiri vendors were thrashed Wednesday. He called the perpetrators ‘sirphirey log’ (crazed people), in near identical remarks at the meeting and on Twitter. “It is very important to maintain an atmosphere of unity in the country,” Modi asserted.
Modi also congratulated the Yogi Adityanath government in UP for acting promptly over what ‘some crazed people did to our Kashmiri brothers’ in the Uttar Pradesh capital.
“I would also like to request other state governments to take the strongest action possible wherever there is an attempt to do something like this,” Modi said.
Modi also asserted that India’s response after the Pulwama terror attack has left the terrorists rattled. The recent attack in Jammu was a result of that.
“The terrorists are seeing that their end is near. The terrorists’ patrons will be rattled and those who make their living from the terrorists will also be rattled,” Modi pointed out.
Taking a dig at opposition parties, the Prime Minister called their proposed ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) a ‘maha-milawat’, or grand adulteration.
“Such people remember the poor, the farmers, the youth, the Ganga and the industries only when they go out to seek votes,” Modi stated.
“They say come let’s do ‘maha-milawat’, let’s unite those who are in jail, those who will be going to jail and those who are out on bail. And they say come let’s finish Modi unitedly. I say we should unitedly finish terror.”
PTI