AGARTALA: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday held up poll-bound Tripura as an example of change under BJPs governance, stating the erstwhile hotbed of revolt was primed to become the No 1 state in the country if you give us 5 more years .
Fences have actually been erected along the Tripura-Bangladesh border to prevent illegal entry from throughout the border.
Under Congress and CPM federal governments, this wasnt done.
Work began when BJP formed the government at the Centre, Singh stated throughout an election rally with chief minister Manik Saha in the border constituency of Rajnagar in South Tripura district.
He stated BJP would win at least 50 seats in the election to the 60-member assembly on February 16.
He called the seat-sharing arrangement in between Congress and CPM a jugalbandi in between a flute that does not produce sound and a sitar with torn strings .
During communist guideline in Tripura, militancy was at its peak.
After BJP came, the circumstance altered, he said.
India was earlier referred to as a weak nation.
And now, the whole world is aware that India is a strong country.
We are now all set to face any difficulty.
The Army quickly neutralises Pakistan-backed terrorists entering our sovereign area.
When needed, we even got in Pakistan and liquidated terrorists.
We can kill these terrorists on either side of the border.