Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: November 26, 2008.
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/137068/UPA-branding-army-as-terror-outfit-Modi.html
Raising pitch on terrorism in poll-bound Delhi,
BJP today accused the Congress-led Government of "branding" the
army as a "terrorist" outfit in a veiled reference to the arrest
of a serving army officer in the Malegaon blasts case.
Addressing his sixth election rally in the
city, the saffron party's firebrand leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra
Modi said Congress is taking up what Pakistan had failed by "spending
crores of dollars" to portray Indian Army as indulging in terrorist activities.
Modi said Pakistan has been telling the international
community that Indian Army was "indulging in terrorist activities. The
foreign countries have refused to believe their claims.
"What Pakistan was not able to do in
the last 20 years, the Manmohan Singh Government has achieved in just 20 days.
They have succeeded in branding our soldiers as terrorists," Modi said
in a veiled reference to the arrest of a Lieutenant Colonel in the Malegaon
blasts case.
Continuing campaigning for the second day,
Modi, addressing the meeting in south-west Delhi's Najafgarh, asked voters
to get rid of "aged" Congress which cannot fulfil the dreams of
youth.
"Congress is a burden which do not have
a leader or policy that could lead the country to better fortunes. The time
has come to put a lock on Congress so that it could not be opened again,"
Modi said.
Claiming that Mahatma Gandhi had expressed
his wishes for the disbanding of Congress after attaining freedom, Modi said
the 125-year-old "aged Congress cannot carry on the aspirations of youth
and could not change their fortunes".
