INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India can attain its true potential only when its security needs were taken care, PM Modi said
attack India will be paid back with "compound interest".Addressing a massive NDA rally in Coimbatore, PM Modi underlined his government's
commitment to national security and accused the opposition of having no plans in the sphere."Their attitude made India helpless in front of
forces of terror for many years, when they were in power, innocent Indians had become targets of terrorists
Attacks happened in many cities, but the Congress did little," he alleged.Referring to the 1998 serial bomb blasts in Coimbatore, he said
"your own city saw a deadly terror attack in February 1998" and slammed the manner in which the then DMK government headed by M Karunanidhi
handled it."Today India is different
Anyone who dares to attack India will get a strong response
We will pay back in same coin and with compound interest," PM Modi asserted."Today, every Indian has become a chowkidar who is standing firm
against forces of terror, misgovernance and corruption," he said.India can attain its true potential only when its security needs were taken
care, he said adding his government has attached top-most priority to the Defence sector and strategic interests.He pointed out at the
centre sanctioning Defence Corridor covering the industrial region of Coimbatore, saying it would not only enable the country attain
self-sufficiency in defence manufacturing but also generate jobs for the locals.The Prime Minister, addressing his second rally in Tamil
Nadu after the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced, said the polls would be a contest between the "pro-people" work of the BJP-led NDA
and the "anti-people agenda" of opposition."It is between the stable government of NDA and the unstable government of opposition so they can
enjoy power," PM Modi said.The rally was also addressed by alliance party leaders, including senior AIADMK leaders chief minister K
Palaniswami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam.Tamil Nadu goes to polls in the second phase on April 18.PM Modi said the polls were
also a fight between NDA's mission of serving the poor and the opposition's design to "capture power."He criticised the Congress' poll
maniofesto, saying it was a document "anti-India forces" were waiting for."The Congress manifesto is a document all anti-India forces were
It made terrorists very happy
Congress Manifesto clearly writes- bail is the rule and jail is the exception," he said.Taking a dig at former finance minister P
Chidambaram, PM Modi said he was "shocked to read the recounting minister headed their manifesto committee
After all, getting bail is important for his own existence," apparently referring to cases against him and his son Karti.The Congress
manifesto has not made any promises to the middle class and every vote to the DMK-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu was a "vote for higher
taxes," he said.Appealing to the first time voters, PM Modi said "just like people devote their first salary for something pure and
memorable, I urge you, devote your first vote for a high cause
Cast your first vote for a better future, Cast your first vote to strengthen the hands of all nationalists, so that the life of the
hardworking farmer changes for the better," he added.Get the latest election news, live updates and election schedule for Lok Sabha
Elections 2019 on TheIndianSubcontinent.com/elections
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