Attacking Congress over its poll promise of repealing the sedition law if elected to power in the Lok Sabha election, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said here that the BJP government would make the law even more stringent.
He was speaking at a gathering in Gandhidham city of Kutchdistrict in Gujarat. “Congress is saying that they will repeal thesedition law. I want to ask you all, should we forgive those anti-nationals whoare trying to break the unity and social fabric of our country?” he asked.
“If it’s within our powers, we will make the seditionlaw even more stringent. We will make such a strict law that it would sendshivers down their spine. (Agar hamara bas chaleytohrashtradrohkoaurkadaa humbanayenge, taakiisskanoonki provisions kiyaadaatehee logo kiroohkaanpe…aisakanoonbanayenge),” Singh said.
The senior BJP leader also attacked former Jammu and KashmirChief Minister Omar Abdullah over his demand for a separate prime minister forthe region.
“I want to tell these leaders that if you continue toraise such demands, then we will be left with no other option than to abrogateArticles 370 and 35A of the Constitution. We don’t want such India,” saidSingh.
He also blamed former PM Jawaharlal Nehru for the Kashmircrisis.
“Had Pandit Nehru given full powers toSardarVallabhbhai Patel to handle the issue, we might have got a solution atthat time,” said Singh.
Speaking on the performance of the Modi government, Singhsaid, “I do not want to claim that we have uprooted the corruptioncompletely. But, our government has definitely taken some decisive stepstowards that direction.”
The minister claimed that nobody could doubt the commitmentand integrity of Modi.
Singh alleged that although India was capable of makinganti-satellite missile way back in 2007, the then PM Manmohan Singh had stoppedthe scientists from doing so.
“At that time, only Russia, China and the US had thattechnology. When scientists approached Manmohan Singh for a green signal, hestopped them saying such a step would upset those three countries. But whenscientists approached Modi, he immediately gave a go-ahead,” Singh said.
Polling for all the 26 LokSabha seats in Gujarat will be held on April 23.