Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged all Indians to buy swadeshi products. He said if we adopt swadeshi, then the country will become powerful.
"I am exhorting you to adopt more swadeshi products; everyone should proudly say, 'I am proud to say this is swadeshi.' This should be the chant of every market, of every home; the clothes and the shoes you buy should be swadeshi. Everyone should buy swadeshi products; if people want to give a gift to someone, then it should be swadeshi. Imagine if the entire country adopts swadeshi; then how much India becomes powerful," said Modi.
He made these remarks in Mumbai after inaugurating the phase 1 of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), and the final phase of Mumbai Metro Line-3. The prime minister said that the Navi Mumbai airport would create more employment. The PM emphasised Mumbai has always been the country's financial capital and a vibrant metropolis, making it a target for terror strikes. He then asked the Congress party to tell the nation who prevented India's military response after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks linked to Pakistan and accused the Congress-led UPA government (2004-14) of weakening the fight against terrorism when in power, because of which the country has paid a heavy price.
In contrast, the PM maintained, today's India gives a befitting response to terror attacks and strikes by entering inside the home of enemies. "A Congress leader, who has also been Union home minister, has said that a country prevented India's military retaliation post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. The entire country wanted a military response. The party should clarify,"
He added," It is because of this feature of the city that terrorists targeted it in 2008. If a top Congress leader, who has been a Union minister, is to be believed, the then UPA government buckled under pressure of a foreign country against attacking Pakistan even though our defence forces were ready and the mood of the nation was to strike (the neighbouring country)," said the PM.
He was referring to former Union home minister P Chidambaram's remarks that he personally favoured military retribution against Pakistan following the attacks, but the UPA government decided to go by the foreign ministry's view to resort to diplomatic steps against Islamabad. Chidambaram noted world powers, including the US, wanted India to not start a war with Pakistan.
The prime minister asked the Congress to tell the nation who prevented India's military response after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks linked to Pakistan and accused the party of weakening the fight against terrorism when in power. Modi said, "The Congress has to tell the nation who decided not to act against Pakistan and under pressure from which foreign powers. The Congress had failed take into account the feelings of Mumbaikars and the country."
"I am exhorting you to adopt more swadeshi products; everyone should proudly say, 'I am proud to say this is swadeshi.' This should be the chant of every market, of every home; the clothes and the shoes you buy should be swadeshi. Everyone should buy swadeshi products; if people want to give a gift to someone, then it should be swadeshi. Imagine if the entire country adopts swadeshi; then how much India becomes powerful," said Modi.
He made these remarks in Mumbai after inaugurating the phase 1 of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), and the final phase of Mumbai Metro Line-3. The prime minister said that the Navi Mumbai airport would create more employment. The PM emphasised Mumbai has always been the country's financial capital and a vibrant metropolis, making it a target for terror strikes. He then asked the Congress party to tell the nation who prevented India's military response after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks linked to Pakistan and accused the Congress-led UPA government (2004-14) of weakening the fight against terrorism when in power, because of which the country has paid a heavy price.
In contrast, the PM maintained, today's India gives a befitting response to terror attacks and strikes by entering inside the home of enemies. "A Congress leader, who has also been Union home minister, has said that a country prevented India's military retaliation post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. The entire country wanted a military response. The party should clarify,"
He added," It is because of this feature of the city that terrorists targeted it in 2008. If a top Congress leader, who has been a Union minister, is to be believed, the then UPA government buckled under pressure of a foreign country against attacking Pakistan even though our defence forces were ready and the mood of the nation was to strike (the neighbouring country)," said the PM.
He was referring to former Union home minister P Chidambaram's remarks that he personally favoured military retribution against Pakistan following the attacks, but the UPA government decided to go by the foreign ministry's view to resort to diplomatic steps against Islamabad. Chidambaram noted world powers, including the US, wanted India to not start a war with Pakistan.
The prime minister asked the Congress to tell the nation who prevented India's military response after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks linked to Pakistan and accused the party of weakening the fight against terrorism when in power. Modi said, "The Congress has to tell the nation who decided not to act against Pakistan and under pressure from which foreign powers. The Congress had failed take into account the feelings of Mumbaikars and the country."
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